Atherton, John Christopher

Top Publications

Top Publications Authored or Co-Authored by "Atherton, John Christopher"

• A New Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin Determinant, the Intermediate Region, Is Associated With Gastric Cancer

  Gastroenterology, Volume 133, No. 3, Year 2007, Citations 423
• Differences in virulence markers between Helicobacter pylori strains from Iraq and those from Iran: Potential importance of regional differences in H. pylori-associated disease

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 46, No. 5, Year 2008, Citations 150
• Heterogeneity in the Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genes: Association with gastroduodenal disease in South Africa?

  Gut, Volume 45, No. 4, Year 1999, Citations 144
• Allelic diversity of the Helicobacter priori vacuolating cytotoxin gene in South Africa: Rarity of the vacA s1a genotype and natural occurrence of an s2/m1 allele

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 37, No. 4, Year 1999, Citations 83
• Helicobacter pylori dupA is polymorphic, and its active form induces proinflammatory cytokine secretion by mononuclear cells

  Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 202, No. 2, Year 2010, Citations 75