Helicobacter pylori adhesion to carbohydrates

• Adherence of bacterial pathogens to host tissues contributes to colonization and virulence and typically involves specific interactions between bacterial proteins called adhesins and cognate oligosaccharide (glycan) or protein motifs in the host that are used as receptors. A given pathogen may have multiple adhesins, each specific for a different set of receptors and, potentially, with different roles in infection and disease. This chapter provides strategies for identifying and analyzing host glycan receptors and the bacterial adhesins that exploit them as receptors, with particular reference to adherence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)

Keyword

MEDICINE

MEDICIN

Microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases

Mikrobiologi, immunologi, infektionssjukdomar

Medicine

Medicin

Bacterial Adhesion/*physiology

Bacterial Adhesion

physiology

Carbohydrate Metabolism

Helicobacter pylori

Humans

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)