Moreover, to confirm that the CagA virulence factor of H. pylori strain NCTC 11637 induced the elongate, hummingbird-like appearance of the H69 cholangiocyte, a demonstration that H69 cells could also be infected by another CagA positive H. pylori, and that the cagPAI cag pathogenicity island encoded type IV secretory system was functional and active during the infection, as established by detection of phosphorylated CagA [90,91,92], would be required. This evidence concerns the gene S100A8 and infection.