Project description:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a human pathogen that infects almost half of the world’s population. Infection with H. pylori is frequently associated with chronic gastritis and can even lead to gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastric cancer. Although the persistent colonization of H. pylori and the development of H. pylori-associated gastritis remain poorly understood, it is believed that, in gastric mucosa, the modulated gastric epithelial cells (GECs) by H. pylori are key contributors. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in Helicobacter pylori infected-gastric epithelial cell line AGS cells and identified up-regulated genes induced by Helicobacter pylori infection.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori infection reprograms host gene expression and influences various cellular processes, which have been investigated by cDNA microarray in vitro culture cells and in vivo patients of the chronic abdominal complaint. In this study，the effects of H. pylori infection on host gene expression in the gastric antral mucosa of patients with chronic gastritis were examined.
Project description:Based on preliminary data demonstrating that macrophages are critical regulators of Helicobacter pylori colonization and gastric pathology in mice, we sought to investigate how macrophages may serve as bacterial reservoirs of intracellular H. pylori.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to examine macrophage proteomic changes induced by Helicobacter pylori. Macrophages utilized were the RAW 264.7 murine cell line. Macrophages were treated with H. pylori for 24 hours. The experimental design was a 4-plex isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ). In addition to uninfected control and H. pylori infected, the additional two conditions included an inhibitor of deoxyhypusine synthase (N1-guanyl-1,7-diamine-heptane, 1-(7-ammonioheptyl)guanidinium sulfate; GC7) an enzyme involved in the hypusination translation pathway, and the inhibitor plus H. pylori.
