"Glucans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Polysaccharides composed of repeating glucose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.
| Descriptor ID |
D005936
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.562 D09.698.365
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucans- Glucans
- Glucose Polymer
- Polymer, Glucose
- Polyglucoses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucans" by people in Profiles.
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Iida M, Desamero MJ, Yasuda K, Nakashima A, Suzuki K, Chambers JK, Uchida K, Ogawa R, Hachimura S, Nakayama J, Kyuwa S, Miura K, Kakuta S, Hirayama K. Effects of orally administered Euglena gracilis and its reserve polysaccharide, paramylon, on gastric dysplasia in A4gnt knockout mice. Sci Rep. 2021 07 01; 11(1):13640.
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Hayden CA, Hung CY, Zhang H, Negron A, Esquerra R, Ostroff G, Abraham A, Lopez AG, Gonzales JE, Howard JA. Maize-Produced Ag2 as a Subunit Vaccine for Valley Fever. J Infect Dis. 2019 07 19; 220(4):615-623.
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Hung CY, Zhang H, Castro-Lopez N, Ostroff GR, Khoshlenar P, Abraham A, Cole GT, Negron A, Forsthuber T, Peng T, Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Yu JJ. Glucan-Chitin Particles Enhance Th17 Response and Improve Protective Efficacy of a Multivalent Antigen (rCpa1) against Pulmonary Coccidioides posadasii Infection. Infect Immun. 2018 11; 86(11).
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Desamero MJ, Kakuta S, Chambers JK, Uchida K, Hachimura S, Takamoto M, Nakayama J, Nakayama H, Kyuwa S. Orally administered brown seaweed-derived ?-glucan effectively restrained development of gastric dysplasia in A4gnt KO mice that spontaneously develop gastric adenocarcinoma. Int Immunopharmacol. 2018 Jul; 60:211-220.
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Stewart ML, Nikhanj SD, Timm DA, Thomas W, Slavin JL. Evaluation of the effect of four fibers on laxation, gastrointestinal tolerance and serum markers in healthy humans. Ann Nutr Metab. 2010; 56(2):91-8.
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Krainer E, Stark RE, Naider F, Alagramam K, Becker JM. Direct observation of cell wall glucans in whole cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by magic-angle spinning 13C-NMR. Biopolymers. 1994 Dec; 34(12):1627-35.