Anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody responses specific for VacA do not trigger primary biliary cirrhosis-specific antimitochondrial antibodies

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Oct;21(10):1220. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32831a4807.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis*
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Dihydrolipoyllysine-Residue Acetyltransferase / immunology
  • Helicobacter pylori / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mitochondria, Liver / immunology
  • Molecular Mimicry

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Autoantibodies
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • VacA protein, Helicobacter pylori
  • Dihydrolipoyllysine-Residue Acetyltransferase