Figure 1From: "Targeted disruption of the epithelial-barrier by Helicobacter pylori"Intercellular junctions form the epithelial barrier. Several bacteria, including H. pylori, and viruses interact with and disrupt cell-cell junctions of polarized epithelia. Intercellular junctions include tight junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomal junctions, and gap junctions.Back to article page