Year: 2011
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Immunological changes caused by H. pylori in the stomach mucosa were explained recently (Tummala et al. 2004).There are no more detailed data about effect of H. pylori in the oral or oropharyngeal mucosa.H. pylori has several mechanisms to elude host defences (Portal-Celhay and Perez-Perez 2006).It is able to survive the acidic gastric environment by producing the enzyme urease, which metabolizes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia to www.intechopen.com
Source: InTech eBooks
DOI: 10.5772/23665
Institutions: Charles University, University Hospital in Motol
Language: English
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1582452808