HomA and HomB, outer membrane proteins of Helicobacter pylori down-regulate activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and Ig switch germline transcription and thereby affect class switch recombination (CSR) of Ig genes in human B-cells.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.12.014
Abstract: H. pylori is one of the major causes of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT) and gastric carcinoma. H. pylori toxin VacA is responsible for host cell apoptosis, whereas… read more here.
Keywords: deaminase aid; switch; activation induced; aid ... See more keywords