TABLE 1.
Volunteers with significantly elevateda antibody titers in serum against different H. pylori antigens
| Antigen | % of subjectsb
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgG
|
IgA
|
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| DU (n = 19) | AS (n = 15) | HpÜn = 20) | DU (n = 19) | AS (n = 15) | HpÜn = 20) | |
| MP | ||||||
| E50 | 100 | 79 | 0 | 95 | 64 | 0 |
| CCUG 17874 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 5 |
| Hel 305 | 100 | 100 | 0 | NT | NT | NT |
| LPS | ||||||
| E50 | 70 | 60 | 0 | 90 | 70 | 0 |
| CCUG 17874 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| Hel 73 | 25 | 67 | 0 | NT | NT | NT |
| Flagellin | 88 | 100 | 0 | 47 | 50 | 6 |
| Urease | 89 | 93 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 5 |
| 26 kDa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| HpaA | 73 | 71 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 0 |
a
More than 2 standard deviations higher than the geometric mean titer of the noninfected subjects.
b
Hp−, noninfected subjects; NT, not tested.