Our data clearly show an increased expression of a set of chemokines (CCL20, CCL5, CXCL1, CXCL10, CXCL11, CCL25) normally involved in H. pylori gastritis [24,25,26] at both 6 and 18 weeks of infection in mice, which decreased after curcumin treatment. Here, CCL5 is linked to infection.