Microorganisms (Aug 2020)

<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-Derived Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs): Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis?

  • Miroslaw Jarzab,
  • Gernot Posselt,
  • Nicole Meisner-Kober,
  • Silja Wessler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091328
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 9
p. 1328

Abstract

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Persistent infections with the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) have been closely associated with the induction and progression of a wide range of gastric disorders, including acute and chronic gastritis, ulceration in the stomach and duodenum, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, and gastric adenocarcinoma. The pathogenesis of H. pylori is determined by a complicated network of manifold mechanisms of pathogen–host interactions, which involves a coordinated interplay of H. pylori pathogenicity and virulence factors with host cells. While these molecular and cellular mechanisms have been intensively investigated to date, the knowledge about outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) derived from H. pylori and their implication in bacterial pathogenesis is not well developed. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on H. pylori-derived OMVs.

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