Effect of NaCl and Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin on cytokine expression and viability

Figure 1 Activity of VacA-induced vacuolization.

Figure 2 Time course of VacA-induced vacuolization of AGS cells at different NaCl concentrations.

Figure 3 Viability of AGS cells grown in the presence of NaCl alone or VacA and NaCl.

Figure 4 Production of cytokines induced by NaCl alone or VacA and NaCl.

Figure 5 Expression of cytokines induced by NaCl or VacA with NaCl (RT-PCR) in gastric tissue of H pylori-infected gerbils (×200) fed with a normal diet (top) and a 50g/kg NaCl diet (bottom).