Differences in genetic instability and cellular phenotype among Barrett’s, cardiac, and gastric intestinal metaplasia in a Japanese population with Helicobacter pylori

Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection

Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on genetic instability, the aberrant CpG island methylation status and the cellular phenotype in Barrett's esophagus in a Japanese population

✍ Kentaro Moriichi; Jiro Watari; Kiron M. Das; Hiroki Tanabe; Mikihiro Fujiya; Tos 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 289 KB

## Abstract Genetic or epigenetic alterations in Barrett's esophagus (BE) with/without __Helicobacter pylori__ (__H. pylori__) infection remain unclear. We examined the effects of __H. pylori__ infection on genetic instability (GIN), the CpG island methylation status and a biomarker related to BE c