Figure 1.
(A) Several H. pylori (arrows) inside intercellular lateral spaces (note typical undulating membrane plications) of infected human gastric epithelium in vivo. The asterisk marks two subapical desmosomes. n, epithelial cell nucleus; lp, lamina propria. (B) Three of the bacteria in (A) are enlarged to show their adherence (arrows) to the epithelial cell membrane.