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Relationship between tobacco, cagA and vacA i1 virulence factors and bacterial load in patients infected by Helicobacter pylori

Abstract: Background and aim: Several biological and epidemiological studies support a relationship between smoking and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) to increase the risk of pathology. However, there have been few studies on the potential synergistic association between specific cagA and vacA virulence factors and smoking in patients infected by Helicobacter pylori. We studied the relationship between smoking and cagA, vacA i1 virulence factors and bacterial load in H. pylori infected patients. Methods: Biopsies of the gastric corpus and antrum from 155 consecutive patients in whom there was clinical suspicion of infection by H. pylori were processed. In 106 patients H. pylori infection was detected. Molecular methods were used to quantify the number of microorganisms and presence of cagA and vacA i1 genes. A standardized questionnaire was used to obtain patients' clinical data and lifestyle variables, including tobacco and alcohol consumption. Adjusted Odds Ratios (ORadjusted) were estimated by unconditional logistic regression. Results: cagA was significantly associated with active-smoking at endoscope: ORadjusted 4.52. Evidence of association was found for vacA i1 (ORadjusted 3.15). Bacterial load was higher in active-smokers, although these differences did not yield statistical significance (median of 262.2 versus 79.4 copies of H. pylori per cell). Conclusions: The association between smoking and a higher risk of being infected by a virulent bacterial population and with higher bacterial load, support a complex interaction between H. pylori infection and environmental factors.

 Fuente: PLoS One, 2015, 10(3), e0120444

 Editorial: Public Library of Science

 Fecha de publicación: 20/03/2015

 Nº de páginas: 8

 Tipo de publicación: Artículo de Revista

 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120444

 ISSN: 1932-6203

 Url de la publicación: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120444

Autoría

AGUIRRE DÍAZ, ESTEFANÍA

BELDA GAS, SOFÍA

ARAGONÉS SANZ, NURIA

SAEZ PARRA, JESÚS

RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ, JUAN CARLOS

GALIANA CABRERA, ANTONIO

SOLA-VERA SÁNCHEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER

RUIZ GARCÍA, MONTSERRAT

BROTONS, ALICIA

LÓPEZ-GIRONA, ELENA

PÉREZ, ESTEFANÍA

SILLERO, CARLOS

ROYO, GLORIA