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H. pylori infection promotes gastric mucosal injury in the early phase of capsaicin exposure. This relationship suggests a need to investigate the mechanism of how both H. pylori infection and capsaicin contribute to gastric inflammation and lead to gastric cancer. C57-Balb\/c mice were infected with the H. pylori (SS1) strain and then fed capsaicin (0.05% or 0.2 g\/kg\/day) or not. Consequently, tumor size and phenotype were analyzed to determine the molecular mechanism driving the shift from gastritis to stomach cancer. Moreover, we used 2-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) in mice to prevent gastric tumorigenesis by reducing inflammation and promoting recovery of disease-free stasis. This study provides evidence showing that a combination of H. pylori infection and capsaicin consumption leads to gastric carcinogenesis mediated through interleukin-6 (IL-6) stimulation with an incidence rate of 50%. The anti-inflammatory role of DFMO highlights the injurious effect of inflammation in gastric cancer development and the need to reduce gastric inflammation for cancer prevention by inhibiting IL-6. Accordingly, preventive measures such as reduced capsaicin consumption, H. pylori clearance, and DFMO treatment may lessen gastric cancer incidence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers12040816","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,1]],"date-time":"2020-04-01T05:52:30Z","timestamp":1585720350000},"page":"816","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Induction and Prevention of Gastric Cancer with Combined Helicobacter Pylori and Capsaicin Administration and DFMO Treatment, Respectively"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Faisal","family":"Aziz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"},{"name":"China\u2013US (Henan) Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingxia","family":"Xin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China\u2013US (Henan) Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunfeng","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China\u2013US (Henan) Cancer Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3822-5657","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abhijit","family":"Chakroborty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Imran","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josh","family":"Monts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kjersten","family":"Monson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann M.","family":"Bode","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zigang","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Helicobacter and Cancer Collaborative Group (2001). 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