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Comparison of the Serological Reactivity of Lipopolysaccharides from Japanese and Western Strains of Helicobacter pylori to Sera from H. pylori-Positive Humans

Table 1

Reactivity of LPS from Japanese and Western H. pylori strains against anti-Lewis antigen monoclonal antibodies and H. pylori-positive sera from Japanese individuals.
LPS from Silver stain Reactivity of anti-Lewis antigen antibody Reactivity of human sera
LexLeyLeaLebType AaType Bb
Western strain       
 NCTC11637Rough−−−−−−
 SydneySmooth−+−−+−
 26695Smooth++−−−−
 O:2Smooth−−−−−−
Japanese strain       
 GU2Smooth+−+−+−
 DU1Smooth++−++−
 CA2Smooth−+−−−+
 CA4Smooth+−+−−+
 CA5Smooth++−−−+
a T ype A sera only reacted with the highly antigenic epitope containing LPS;bTypeB sera only reacted with the weakly antigenic epitope containing LPS.