Table 3Factors influencing colonization by H. pylori

Factors that enhance colonizationFactors that inhibit colonization
High-salt dietLactobacilli
Low antioxidant levelsVitamin C intake
PregnancyEthnicity (Malay, European)
Ethnicity (Chinese, Indian, Polynesian)Th2 response Gastric mucus
Th1 responseUrease inhibitors
Gastrin
Urease
Motility/chemotaxis
GGT
Phospholipase

From: Chapter 34, Adherence and Colonization

Cover of Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori: Physiology and Genetics.
Mobley HLT, Mendz GL, Hazell SL, editors.
Washington (DC): ASM Press; 2001.
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