Cracking Gut Bugs' Cell-Skewing Strategy
- 14 December 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 294 (5550) , 2269
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.294.5550.2269a
Abstract
Researchers have learned a lot about how Helicobacter pylori digs into the wall of the stomach to cause ulcers, but they knew little about how the bug makes cells malignant--until now. In a study published online by Science this week (www.sciencexpress.org), molecular oncologists have shown exactly how one of the bacterium9s proteins hijacks a signaling pathway in stomach cells, pushing them to change shape and allowing them to move--an early step toward turning cells cancerous.Keywords
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