Luis Eduardo Bravo

Publications

• Inducible nitric oxide synthase, nitrotyrosine, and apoptosis in Helicobacter pylori gastritis: effect of antibiotics and antioxidants. PMID: 8764115
• Heme Oxygenase-1 Dysregulates Macrophage Polarization and the Immune Response to Helicobacter pylori. PMID: 25108023
• Increased Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer risk in the Andean region of Colombia is mediated by spermine oxidase. PMID: 25174398
• Time trends of human papillomavirus types in invasive cervical cancer, from 1940 to 2007. PMID: 24382655
• Activation of EGFR and ERBB2 by Helicobacter pylori results in survival of gastric epithelial cells with DNA damage. PMID: 24530706
• From printing to Scielo and Pubmed Central. PMID: 24970953
• Human and Helicobacter pylori coevolution shapes the risk of gastric disease. PMID: 24474772
• Virulence of infecting Helicobacter pylori strains and intensity of mononuclear cell infiltration are associated with levels of DNA hypermethylation in gastric mucosae. PMID: 24128875
• In vitro effect of amoxicillin and clarithromycin on the 3' region of cagA gene in Helicobacter pylori isolates. PMID: 24106405
• Use of the noninvasive entero-test in the detection of Helicobacter pylori in children in an endemic area in Colombia. PMID: 23880626
• Descriptive epidemiology of childhood cancer in Cali: Colombia 1977-2011. PMID: 24892613
• Solitary intracranial tuberculoma mimicking a malignant tumor in a patient without tubercular lesions or a history of disease: a case report. PMID: 23725511
• Risk of recurrent Helicobacter pylori infection 1 year after initial eradication therapy in 7 Latin American communities. PMID: 23403682
• Iron deficiency accelerates Helicobacter pylori-induced carcinogenesis in rodents and humans. PMID: 23257361
• Early atherosclerotic lesions and post-mortem serum cholesterol level in a group of Colombian children. PMID: 24652184
• Cancer incidence and mortality in the municipality of Pasto, 1998 - 2007. PMID: 24893298
• Epidemiological surveillance of the HIV/AIDS complex through the analysis of trends in the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in Cali, Colombia. PMID: 24893300
• Epidemiology of cervical cancer in Colombia. PMID: 24893303
• Trends of cancer incidence and mortality in Cali, Colombia. 50 years experience. PMID: 24893297
• Analysis of Helicobacter pylori cagA promoter elements required for salt-induced upregulation of CagA expression. PMID: 22710874
• Non-invasive genotyping of Helicobacter pylori cagA, vacA, and hopQ from asymptomatic children. PMID: 22404439
• Serologic evidence that ascaris and toxoplasma infections impact inflammatory responses to Helicobacter pylori in Colombians. PMID: 22404440
• Long-term effects of clearing Helicobacter pylori on growth in school-age children. PMID: 22315005
• [Antimicrobial susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori with chronic gastritis]. PMID: 23235785
• Data quality at population-based cancer registries in Colombia. PMID: 23715229
• Analysis of cagA in Helicobacter pylori strains from Colombian populations with contrasting gastric cancer risk reveals a biomarker for disease severity. PMID: 21859954
• Survival to leukemia and lymphomas in children at a University Hospital in Cali, Colombia. PMID: 21646918
• Phylogeographic origin of Helicobacter pylori is a determinant of gastric cancer risk. PMID: 21357593
• 14-day triple, 5-day concomitant, and 10-day sequential therapies for Helicobacter pylori infection in seven Latin American sites: a randomised trial. PMID: 21777974
• Effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth velocity of school-age Andean children. PMID: 21068668
• Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infection Biomarkers and TP53 Mutations in Hepatocellular Carcinomas from Colombia. PMID: 22114738
• Promoter DNA hypermethylation in gastric biopsies from subjects at high and low risk for gastric cancer. PMID: 20178103
• Human papillomavirus genotype attribution in invasive cervical cancer: a retrospective cross-sectional worldwide study. PMID: 20952254
• CagA C-terminal variations in Helicobacter pylori strains from Colombian patients with gastric precancerous lesions. PMID: 19456839
• [Reproducibility of histopathologic diagnosis of precursor lesions of gastric carcinoma in three Latin American countries]. PMID: 21031244
• A randomized clinical trial to determine the efficacy of regimens containing clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin among histologic subgroups for Helicobacter pylori eradication in a developing country. PMID: 19298337
• Eosinophils and mast cells in chronic gastritis: possible implications in carcinogenesis. PMID: 18614201
• Plasma selenium measurements in subjects from areas with contrasting gastric cancer risks in Colombia. PMID: 18375257
• Helicobacter pylori genotyping and sequencing using paraffin-embedded biopsies from residents of colombian areas with contrasting gastric cancer risks. PMID: 18321303
• Effect of smoking on failure of H. pylori therapy and gastric histology in a high gastric cancer risk area of Colombia. PMID: 18254262
• Re: long term follow up of patients treated for Helicobacter pylori infection. PMID: 17339250
• Incidence of weak opioids adverse events in the management of cancer pain: a double-blind comparative trial. PMID: 17298254
• Re: Randomized double-blind factorial trial of three treatments to reduce the prevalence of precancerous gastric lesions. PMID: 17018791
• Effects of a new Helicobacter pylori infection on height and weight in Colombian children. PMID: 16246582
• Duration of exposure, a neglected factor in chemoprevention trials. PMID: 16284363
• Long term follow up of patients treated for Helicobacter pylori infection. PMID: 15985559
• Intestinal helminthiasis in Colombian children promotes a Th2 response to Helicobacter pylori: possible implications for gastric carcinogenesis. PMID: 15941957
• Antioxidant supplements for prevention of gastrointestinal cancers. PMID: 15705450
• 13C-urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori in young children: cut-off point determination by finite mixture model. PMID: 15211602
• Age at acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection: comparison of two areas with contrasting risk of gastric cancer. PMID: 15165263
• A positive assay for identification of cagA negative strains of Helicobacter pylori. PMID: 14607406
• Impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth of children: a prospective cohort study. PMID: 14581807
• MUC1 polymorphism confers increased risk for intestinal metaplasia in a Colombian population with chronic gastritis. PMID: 12734543
• Histopathology of gastritis in Helicobacter pylori-infected children from populations at high and low gastric cancer risk. PMID: 12673553
• Detection and typing of Helicobacter pylori cagA/vacA genes by radioactive, one-step polymerase chain reaction in stool samples from children. PMID: 12459240
• Virulence-associated genotypes of Helicobacter pylori: do they explain the African enigma? PMID: 12425557
• Morphometric evaluation of gastric antral atrophy: improvement after cure of Helicobacter pylori infection. PMID: 11774937
• Anti-inflammatory and tissue-protectant drug effects: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial of gastritis patients at high risk for gastric cancer. PMID: 11380321
• Helicobacter pylori genotypes may determine gastric histopathology. PMID: 11159201
• Chemoprevention of gastric dysplasia: randomized trial of antioxidant supplements and anti-helicobacter pylori therapy. PMID: 11106679
• Unsuccessful treatment results in survival of less virulent genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Colombian patients. PMID: 10685783
• Effects of acid suppression and bismuth medications on the performance of diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori infection. PMID: 10483995
• Eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection with proton pump-based triple therapy in patients in whom bismuth-based triple therapy failed. PMID: 10405232
• Review article: Antioxidant micronutrients and gastric cancer. PMID: 9701005