Kara M. McNamara

BACKGROUND: Tools predicting incident esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA) that can be automated in electronic health records (EHRs) to guide screening decisions are needed…

BACKGROUND: Aspirin has been known for its chemopreventive effect against various cancers. Evidence for the chemopreventive effect of the very long-term use of aspirin is still uncertain…

INTRODUCTION: Dysregulated polyamine metabolism during _Helicobacter pylori_ infection can lead to the development of gastric cancer. The polyamine spermine is back-converted to spermidine by spermine oxidase (SMOX). We have shown that _H…

INTRODUCTION: The enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) conjugates the N-terminal moiety of the polyamine spermidine to the lysine-50 residue of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (EIF5A) to form a unique amino acid, hypusine…

SOCIETY: AGA Mechanisms underlying H pylori related gastric pathology