pubmed-article:15298601 | pubmed:abstractText | Gastric cancer incidence in men is almost double that in women. We investigated mucosal responses in the stomach against Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections to elucidate the interindividual or sex-related differences, which may in turn be associated with gastric cancer incidence, mucosal changes of stomach as measured by the Sydney System, and interleukin-8, cyclooxygenase-2 and trefoil factor family 1 (TFF1) gene expression. | lld:pubmed |