Research Article

Association between Virulence Factors and TRAF1/4-1BB/Bcl-xL Expression in Gastric Mucosa Infected with Helicobacter pylori

Table 2

Samples positive or negative for cagA, vacAs1, or vacAm1 stratified according to TRAF1, 4-1BB, and Bcl-xL expression.

GroupTRAF1 4-1BB Bcl-xL

cagA+/vacAs1+/vacAm1+ 50 (64.9)15 (21.1)50 (66.7)15 (20.5)47 (59.4)18 (26.1)
cagA+/vacAs1+/vacAm1− 6 (7.8)10 (14.1)7 (9.3)9 (12.3)4 (5.1)12 (17.4)
cagA+/vacAs1−/vacAm1+ 3 (3.9)12 (16.9)3 (4.0)12 (16.4)7 (8.9)8 (11.6)
cagA+/vacAs1−/vacAm1− 3 (3.9)10 (14.1)3 (4.0)10 (13.7)3 (3.8)10 (14.5)
cagA−/vacAs1+/vacAm1+ 3 (3.9)6 (8.5)5 (6.7)4 (5.5)5 (6.3)4 (5.8)
cagA−/vacAs1+/vacAm1− 5 (6.5)8 (11.3)1 (1.3)12 (16.4)3 (3.8)10 (14.5)
cagA−/vacAs1−/vacAm1+ 2 (2.6)5 (7.0)3 (4.0)4 (5.5)4 (5.1)3 (4.3)
cagA−/vacAs1−/vacAm1− 5 (6.5)5 (7.0)3 (4.0)7 (9.6)6 (7.6)4 (5.8)
cagA+ 62 (80.5)47 (66.2)63 (84.0)46 (63.0)61 (77.2)48 (69.6)
cagA− 15 (19.5)24 (33.8)12 (16.0)27 (37.0)18 (22.8)21 (30.4)
vacAs1+ 64 (83.1)39 (54.9)63 (84.0)40 (54.8)59 (74.7)44 (63.8)
vacAs1− 13 (16.9)32 (45.1)12 (16.0)33 (45.2)20 (25.3)25 (36.2)
vacAm1+ 58 (75.3)38 (53.5)61 (81.3)35 (47.9)63 (79.7)33 (47.8)
vacAm1− 19 (24.7)33 (46.5)14 (18.7)38 (52.1)16 (20.3)36 (52.2)

Total77 (100.0)71 (100.0)75 (100.0)73 (100.0)79 (100.0)69 (100.0)

↑, upregulated; —, unaltered. compared with unaltered group. Data are presented as the number of cases and percentage (%).