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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2014; 20(36): 12809-12817
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12809
Role of Helicobacter pylori infection on nutrition and metabolism
Francesco Franceschi, Annalisa Tortora, Teresa Di Rienzo, Giovanna D’Angelo, Gianluca Ianiro, Franco Scaldaferri, Viviana Gerardi, Valentina Tesori, Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Antonio Gasbarrini
Francesco Franceschi, Department of Emergency, Internal Medicine Institute, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
Annalisa Tortora, Teresa Di Rienzo, Giovanna D’Angelo, Gianluca Ianiro, Franco Scaldaferri, Viviana Gerardi, Valentina Tesori, Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Antonio Gasbarrini, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: All authors had contributed to the realization of this manuscript; Francesco F and Tortora A contributed to writing it; D’Angelo G, Ianiro G and Scaldaferri F contributed to performing PubMed search of articles published on nutrition; Gerardi V, Tesori V and Lopetuso LR contributed to performing PubMed search of articles published on metabolism; and Gasbarrini A contributed to editing the final version.
Correspondence to: Francesco Franceschi, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency, Internal Medicine Institute, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy. francesco.franceschi@rm.unicatt.it
Telephone: +39-6-30157271 Fax: +39-6-35502775
Received: January 16, 2014
Revised: March 12, 2014
Accepted: May 23, 2014
Published online: September 28, 2014
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Core tip: This review analyzes in a very comprehensive way all aspects related to nutrition and metabolism induced by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Interestingly, this bacterium is able to produce different biological effects on hormones controlling both appetite and growth, mostly depending on the time of acquisition of the infection and of eradication. On the other hand, H. pylori is able to induce malabsorption of several nutrients, with a strong effect on nutrition.