Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1836-1844.e4 , May 2010

CpG Methylation and Reduced Expression of O6-Methylguanine DNA Methyltransferase Is Associated With Helicobacter pylori Infection

  • Antonia R. Sepulveda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Antonia R. Sepulveda, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Founders 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. fax: (215) 614-1988
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  • Yuan Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Wen Yan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Dong Il Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jae J. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • William Gooding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Suhaib Abudayyeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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  • David Y. Graham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Received 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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 Conflict of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported in part by project grant NIDDK (R01 DK062185), the Office of Research and Development Medical Research Service Department of Veterans Affairs, and by Public Health Service grant DK56338, which funds the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center.

PII: S0016-5085(09)02239-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.12.042

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1836-1844.e4 , May 2010

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