title: [Inflammation as a basis for Helicobacter pylori-associated diseases].
abstract: The molecular-cellular features of gastric mucosal inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori are formulated. Chronic gastritis is considered as the morphological basis of gastric ulcer and non-cardial cancer of the stomach of intestinal type. The basic influences of the products of a pathogenicity island of bacterium (Cag A-protein) and VacA-cytotoxin on the gastric mucosa, as well as bacterial genetic polymorphism are discussed. The evolution of the phenotypes of chronic gastritis-- "ulcerative" "cancerous" is analyzed. Helicobacter pylori-associated inflammation may depend on the host's inflammatory response which in turn is determined by the allelic polymorphism of cytokine genes rather than the genetic characteristics of a bacterial strain.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kononov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*