Potential Role of Biofilm Formation in the Development of Digestive Tract Cancer With Special Reference to Helicobacter pylori Infection
Potential Role of Biofilm Formation in the Development of Digestive Tract Cancer With Special Reference to Helicobacter pylori Infection
Cosmeri Rizzato1, Javier Torres2, Elena Kasamatsu3, Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce2, Maria Mercedes Bravo4, Federico Canzian5 and Ikuko Kato6*
1Department of Translation Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
2Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Unidades Médicas de Alta Especialidad Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
3Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
4Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
5Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
6Department of Oncology and Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
Bacteria are highly social organisms that communicate via signaling molecules and can assume a multicellular lifestyle to build biofilm communities. Until recently, complications from biofilm-associated infection have been primarily ascribed to increased bacterial resistance to antibiotics and host immune evasion, leading to persistent infection. In this theory and hypothesis article we present a relatively new argument that biofilm formation has potenti...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
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