Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of the stomach in more than 50% of the world’s population. This ...

When a white blood cell finds a germ, it latches onto it. Then it changes its shape to surround the germ. You can imagine the ...

Mucus is a substance that lines the moist surfaces of your body, including the lungs, sinuses, mouth, stomach, intestines, and eyes. “It is mainly a combination of water and large molecules ...

High nitrate intake caused nitrite to accumulate in loosely adherent rat gastric mucus; if this layer was removed, mucosal blood flow decreased. The authors suggest that this previously unknown ...