title: Helicobacter pylori VacA reduces the cellular expression of STAT3 and pro-survival Bcl-2 family proteins, Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL, leading to apoptosis in gastric epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Ayako
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authors.lastname: Matsumoto
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authors.lastname: Isomoto
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authors.lastname: Nakayama
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authors.lastname: Hisatsune
authors.forename: Yoshito
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authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Yujiro
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authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Kayoko
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authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Hisao
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authors.lastname: Kurazono
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
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authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Toshiya
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authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Shigeru
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authors.lastname: Kohno