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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Aug 15, 2016; 7(3): 288-295
Published online Aug 15, 2016. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v7.i3.288
Published online Aug 15, 2016. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v7.i3.288
Does the antibody production ability affect the serum anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG titer?
Hyun Ah Chung, Sun-Young Lee, Jeong Hwan Kim, In-Kyung Sung, Hyung Seok Park, Chan Sup Shim, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, South Korea
Hee Won Moon, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, South Korea
Hye Seung Han, Department of Pathology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 05030, South Korea
Author contributions: Chung HA and Lee SY wrote the manuscript; Lee SY designed research; Chung HA, Moon HW and Han HS analyzed data; Kim JH, Sung IK, Park HS and Shim CS supervised the study.
Supported by Konkuk University in 2015, No. KU2015-A019-0 270.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by the institutional review board of the Konkuk University School of Medicine (KUH1010625).
Clinical trial registration statement: This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov ID: KCT0001302 (https://cris.nih.go.kr) after the approval by the institutional review board of the Konkuk University School of Medicine (KUH1010625).
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants before the procedure as described in the MATERIALS AND METHODS section.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No authors have any conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymized database is available for collaborative studies via the corresponding author, sunyoung@kuh.ac.kr.
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Correspondence to: Sun-Young Lee, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, 120-1 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05030, South Korea. sunyoung@kuh.ac.kr
Telephone: +82-2-20307747 Fax: +82-2-20307748
Received: December 27, 2015
Peer-review started: December 28, 2015
First decision: January 30, 2016
Revised: June 5, 2016
Accepted: July 11, 2016
Article in press: July 13, 2016
Published online: August 15, 2016
Processing time: 226 Days and 20.9 Hours
Peer-review started: December 28, 2015
First decision: January 30, 2016
Revised: June 5, 2016
Accepted: July 11, 2016
Article in press: July 13, 2016
Published online: August 15, 2016
Processing time: 226 Days and 20.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Koreans receive a routine childhood immunization program, including hepatitis B vaccinations, but serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antibody responses are variable. It is unclear whether the beneficial functional immune aspects inherent in vaccine responders can be translated into a robust immune response after Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. In this study, the serum anti-H. pylori immunoglobulin G (IgG) titer appears to be significantly linked to the bacterial load of the stomach, regardless of the ability of antibody production after HBV vaccination. The serum anti-H. pylori IgG assay can be used to estimate the burden of bacteria in immunocompetent hosts with H. pylori infection.