“…In addition, a subpopulation of H. pylori can form colonies deep inside the gastric glands, where stem and progenitor cells reside (Sigal et al , 2015 ; Fung et al , 2019 ). It has been shown that gland‐colonizing bacteria, not the bacteria colonizing the surface, induce the typical pathology associated with H. pylori infection, that is, stem cell expansion, gastritis, hyperplasia, and metaplasia—precursor lesions for gastric cancer (Howitt et al , 2011 ; Sigal et al , 2015 ; Fischer & Sigal, 2019 ; Liabeuf et al , 2022 ).…”