Induction of Acute Gastritis and Epithelial Apoptosis by<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>Lipopolysaccharide

Abstract

Our findings demonstrate that H. pylori lipopolysaccharide can cause gastric mucosal responses typical of acute gastritis and identify the lipopolysaccharide as a virulence factor responsible for the induction of gastric epithelial cell apoptosis by H. pylori.