Why Helicobacter pylori has Lewis antigens

Essentials of Glycobiology

1999 • 2,495 citations

Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging

1998 • 1,182 citations

Essentials of Glycobiology

2000 • 966 citations

Clinical relevance of the Helicobacter pylori gene for blood-group antigen-binding adhesin

1999 • 591 citations

Galectins: A Family of Animal Lectins That Decipher Glycocodes

1996 • 488 citations

Potential role of molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide and host Lewis blood group antigens in autoimmunity

1996 • 427 citations

Immunization of Mice with Urease Vaccine Affords Protection against Helicobacter pylori Infection in the Absence of Antibodies and Is Mediated by MHC Class II–restricted Responses

1998 • 378 citations

Helicobacter pylori infection induces antibodies cross-reacting with human gastric mucosa

1991 • 325 citations

Epithelial attachment alters the outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection

1998 • 294 citations

The gastric H+,K+-ATPase is a major autoantigen in chronic Helicobacter pylori gastritis with body mucosa atrophy

1998 • 241 citations

Simultaneous Expression of Type 1 and Type 2 Lewis Blood Group Antigens by Helicobacter pyloriLipopolysaccharides

1998 • 177 citations

Phase variation of lipopolysaccharide directs interconversion of invasive and immuno-resistant phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1993 • 162 citations

Lewis antigens in Helicobacter pylori: biosynthesis and phase variation

2000 • 145 citations

Phase Variation in Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide due to Changes in the Lengths of Poly(C) Tracts in α3-Fucosyltransferase Genes

1999 • 142 citations

Helicobacter pylori Lewis expression is related to the host Lewis phenotype

1997 • 135 citations

Antigastric autoantibodies in Helicobacter pyloriinfection: implications of histological and clinical parameters of gastritis

1997 • 134 citations

Molecular genetic basis for the variable expression of Lewis Y antigen in Helicobacter pylori : analysis of the α(1,2) fucosyltransferase gene

1999 • 133 citations

Phase Variation in Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide

1998 • 132 citations

Lewis X structures in the O antigen side‐chain promote adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to the gastric epithelium

2000 • 128 citations

Molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori and the host

1998 • 125 citations

Lipopolysaccharide structures of Helicobacter pylori genomic strains 26695 and J99, mouse model H. pylori Sydney strain, H. pylori P466 carrying sialyl Lewis X, and H. pylori UA915 expressing Lewis B

2000 • 112 citations

Relationship of Blood Group Determinants on Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide with Host Lewis Phenotype and Inflammatory Response

2000 • 106 citations

Association of peptic ulcer with increased expression of Lewis antigens but not cagA, iceA, and vacA in Helicobacter pylori isolates in an Asian population

2000 • 101 citations

Functional genomics of Helicobacter pylori: identification of a β‐1,4 galactosyltransferase and generation of mutants with altered lipopolysaccharide

2000 • 99 citations

Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide is a ligand for the asialoglycoprotein receptor on human sperm

2000 • 99 citations

Expression of pulmonary surfactant protein D in rat gastric mucosa.

1995 • 97 citations

Lack of correlation between Lewis antigen expression by and gastric epithelial cells in infected patients

1998 • 89 citations

Phenotypic diversity in Lewis expression of Helicobacter pylori isolates from the same host

1999 • 76 citations

Evidence of novel pathogenic pathways for the formation of antigastric autoantibodies in Helicobacter pylori gastritis.

1998 • 61 citations

Schistosoma mansoni excretory circulating cathodic antigen shares Lewis- x epitopes with a human granulocyte surface antigen and evokes host antibodies mediating complement-dependent lysis of granulocytes

1996 • 56 citations

Expression of histo-blood group antigens by lipopolysaccharides of Helicobacter pylori strains from Asian hosts: the propensity to express type 1 blood-group antigens

2000 • 55 citations

Phase Variation in H Type I and Lewis a Epitopes of Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide

2000 • 55 citations

Identification and Cloning of Rat Galectin-2: Expression Is Predominantly in Epithelial Cells of the Stomach

1999 • 55 citations

Schistosoma mansoni excretory circulating cathodic antigen shares Lewis- x epitopes with a human granulocyte surface antigen and evokes host antibodies mediating complement-dependent lysis of granulocytes

1996 • 53 citations

Molecular mimicry of ferret gastric epithelial blood group antigen A by Helicobacter mustelae

1998 • 41 citations

Establishment and characterisation of a monoclonal antibody to inhibit adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to gastric epithelial cells

1998 • 40 citations

The lipopolysaccharide of Helicobacter mustelae type strain ATCC 43772 expresses the monofucosyl A type 1 histo-blood group epitope

2006 • 39 citations

Two Distinct Antigenic Types of the Polysaccharide Chains of Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharides Characterized by Reactivity with Sera from Humans with Natural Infection

2000 • 31 citations

Lewis Antigen Expression and Stability inHelicobacter pyloriIsolated from Serial Gastric Biopsies

2000 • 27 citations

Comparison of three serological methods for detection of Lewis antigens on the surface ofHelicobacter pylori

2000 • 17 citations

IgG antibodies to Lewis type 2 antigens in serum ofH. pylori-infected and noninfected blood donors of different Lewis(a,b) blood-group phenotype

1999 • 10 citations

Anti-Lewis X IgM and IgG in H. pylori infections in children and adults.

1999 • 7 citations