Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

A bacterial small RNA regulates the adaptation of Helicobacter pylori to the host environment

  • Ryo Kinoshita-Daitoku,
  • Kotaro Kiga,
  • Masatoshi Miyakoshi,
  • Ryota Otsubo,
  • Yoshitoshi Ogura,
  • Takahito Sanada,
  • Zhu Bo,
  • Tuan Vo Phuoc,
  • Tokuju Okano,
  • Tamako Iida,
  • Rui Yokomori,
  • Eisuke Kuroda,
  • Sayaka Hirukawa,
  • Mototsugu Tanaka,
  • Arpana Sood,
  • Phawinee Subsomwong,
  • Hiroshi Ashida,
  • Tran Thanh Binh,
  • Lam Tung Nguyen,
  • Khien Vu Van,
  • Dang Quy Dung Ho,
  • Kenta Nakai,
  • Toshihiko Suzuki,
  • Yoshio Yamaoka,
  • Tetsuya Hayashi,
  • Hitomi Mimuro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22317-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Long-term infection of the stomach with Helicobacter pylori can cause gastric cancer. Here, Kinoshita-Daitoku et al. show that a small non-coding RNA of H. pylori regulates bacterial adaptation to the stomach environment and bacterial oncoprotein production.