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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Mar 15, 2013; 5(3): 50-59
Published online Mar 15, 2013. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v5.i3.50
Published online Mar 15, 2013. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v5.i3.50
CagA EPIYA polymorphisms in Colombian Helicobacter pylori strains and their influence on disease-associated cellular responses
Carlos Alberto Fajardo, Andrés Javier Quiroga, Andrea Coronado, Karen Labrador, María Mercedes Bravo, Cancer and Infectious Agents Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Bogotá 110411, Colombia
Nicole Acosta, Pilar Delgado, Carlos Jaramillo, Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department, Los Andes University, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Author contributions: Bravo MM and Quiroga AJ designed the study; Fajardo CA, Quiroga AJ, Coronado A, Labrador K and Acosta N performed the research; Fajardo CA, Quiroga AJ, Coronado A, Labrador K, Acosta N, Delgado P, Jaramillo C and Bravo MM analyzed the data; Fajardo CA and Bravo MM wrote the paper.
Supported by National Cancer Institute, Bogotá, Colombia, Grant No. 41030310 to Bravo MM and Sciences Faculty, Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia
Correspondence to: María Mercedes Bravo, MS, Head, Cancer and Infectious Agents Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Bogotá 110411, Colombia. mbravo@cancer.gov.co
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Received: August 28, 2012
Revised: December 22, 2012
Accepted: January 14, 2013
Published online: March 15, 2013
Revised: December 22, 2012
Accepted: January 14, 2013
Published online: March 15, 2013
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