1. Introduction
JeanMarie Houghton
2. Helicobacter pylori: An Overview
Jennifer M. Noto and Richard M. Peek, Jr.
3. Perspectives on Methodology for in vitro Culture of Helicobacter pylori
Timothy L. Cover
4. Successful Culture Techniques for Helicobacter Species: General Culture Techniques for Helicobacter pylori
Jeannette M. Whitmire and D. Scott Merrell
5. Successful Culture Techniques for Helicobacter Species: Establishing H. pylori Cultures From Infected Rodents
Jeannette M. Whitmire and D. Scott Merrell
6. Successful Culture Techniques for Helicobacter Species: Verification of Helicobacter Identity Using 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis
Jeannette M. Whitmire and D. Scott Merrell
7. The Helicobacter pylori cag Pathogenicity Island
Jennifer M. Noto and Richard M. Peek, Jr.
8. Genetic Manipulation of a Naturally Competent Bacterium, Helicobacter pylori
Jennifer M. Noto and Richard M. Peek, Jr.
9. A Method for Short-term Culture of Human Gastric Epithelial Cells to Study the Effects of Helicobacter pylori
Marina Leite and Ceu Figueiredo 10. Cell Culture Based Assays to Test for Bacterial Adherence and Internalization
Deepa Raju, David Rizzuti and Nicola L. Jones
11. Cell Culture Assays to Evaluate Bacterial Toxicity and Virulence
Deepa Raju, David Rizzuti, Nicola L. Jones
12. Rodent Models of Helicobacter Infection, Inflammation and Disease
Songhua Zhang and Steven F. Moss
13. Bacterial Culture and Inoculation of Mice (Simple Infection)
Brian M. Gray and Kathryn A. Eaton
14. Adoptive Transfer of Splenocytes to Immunocompromised Mice
Brian M. Gray and Kathryn A. Eaton
15. Isolation of Gastric Lamina Propria Leukocytes (LPL)
Brian M. Gray and Kathryn A. Eaton
16. Delayed-type Hypersensitivity Determination
Brian M. Gray and Kathryn A. Eaton
17. Necropsy, Blood, Tissue Collection & mRNA Isolation for Detection of Host Cytokine Gene Expression
Brian M. Gray and Kathryn A. Eaton
18. Animal Models of Helicobacter Induced Disease - Methods to Successfully Infect the Mouse
Nancy S. Taylor and James G. Fox
19. Verifying and Quantifying Helicobacter pylori Infection Status of Research Mice
Mark T Whary, Zhongming Ge and James G Fox
20. Mouse Models of Helicobacter-induced Gastric Cancer: Use of Cocarcinognes
Richard L. Ferrero, John E. Wilson, and Phil Sutton
21. Gastric Helicobacter spp. in Animal Models: Pathogenesis and Modulation by Extragastric Coinfections
Arlin B. Rogers
22. Histologic Scoring of Gastritis and Gastric Cancer in Mouse Models
Arlin B. Rogers
23. Innate Immune Responses to Helicobacter pylori Infection- An Overview
Milan K. Patel, Melanie I. Trombly and Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones
24. Methods for In vivo and In vitro Analysis of Innate Immune Responses to Helicobacter pylori Infection
Milan K. Patel, Glennice N. Bowen, Anna M. Cerny and Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones
25. Techniques for Following Labeled Cells In vivo: Use of X/Y FISH, Techniques to Optimize Fluorescent Detection, and Beta-galactosidase Detection
Michael Craig, Michael Schumacher and Yana Zavros
26. In vivo Measurement of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Marjan Mohammadi, Samaneh Saberi Kashani, Yeganeh Talebkhan Garoosi, Sahar Jahangiri Tazehkand
10. Cell Culture Based Assays to Test for Bacterial Adherence and InternalizationDeepa Raju, David Rizzuti and Nicola L. Jones
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