Relationship between VacA Toxin and Host Cell Autophagy in Helicobacter pylori Infection of the Human Stomach: A Few Answers, Many Questions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Autophagy
2.1. Molecular Machinery of Autophagy
2.2. Autophagy and Bacterial Infection
2.3. Autophagy and Cancer
3. VacA as an Autophagy Inducer
Autophagy in the Functional Relationship between VacA and CagA
4. VacA as an Autophagy Inhibitor
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ricci, V. Relationship between VacA Toxin and Host Cell Autophagy in Helicobacter pylori Infection of the Human Stomach: A Few Answers, Many Questions. Toxins 2016, 8, 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8070203
Ricci V. Relationship between VacA Toxin and Host Cell Autophagy in Helicobacter pylori Infection of the Human Stomach: A Few Answers, Many Questions. Toxins. 2016; 8(7):203. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8070203
Chicago/Turabian StyleRicci, Vittorio. 2016. "Relationship between VacA Toxin and Host Cell Autophagy in Helicobacter pylori Infection of the Human Stomach: A Few Answers, Many Questions" Toxins 8, no. 7: 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8070203