posted on 2023-09-06, 17:07authored byValerie P. O'Brien, Yuqi Kang, Meera K. Shenoy, Greg Finak, William C. Young, Julien Dubrulle, Lisa Koch, Armando E. Rodriguez Martinez, Jeffery Williams, Elizabeth Donato, Surinder K. Batra, Cecilia C.S. Yeung, William M. Grady, Meghan A. Koch, Raphael Gottardo, Nina R. Salama
Cell cluster frequencies change according to Hp infection status and induction of constitutively active KRAS.
Funding
Gastric Cancer Foundation (GCF)
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
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ARTICLE ABSTRACT
Using a mouse model, we have delineated metaplastic pit cells as a precancerous cell type whose expansion requires Hp-driven inflammation. In humans, metaplastic pit cells show enhanced proliferation as well as enrichment in precancer and early cancer tissues, highlighting an early step in the gastric metaplasia to cancer cascade.