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FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 159-169Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.03.008
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matrix metalloproteinase; gelatinase; Helicobacter pylori; human; cytokine
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We have previously shown that matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) activity is greatly enhanced within the active chronic inflammation of Helicobacter pylori infected individuals, of which a major fraction derives from macrophages in the tissue. Here, we have investigated the ability of macrophages to secrete MMPs in response to H. pylori. Human macrophages secrete MMP-9 in response to live and inactivated H. pylori, as well as to specific bacterial products. Protein kinase C, phosphatiolylinositol 3-kinase and calcium uptake channels all play a role in MMP-9 secretion, whereas neither tumour necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-8, nor interleukin-1 beta autocrine stimulation appear to contribute. We conclude that human macrophages have the ability to react directly against several H. pylori derived factors, utilising several signalling pathways. (c) 2005 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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