Glucans

"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.

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Polysaccharides composed of repeating glucose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.

Descriptor ID	D005936
MeSH Number(s)	D05.750.078.562 D09.698.365
Concept/Terms	Glucans Glucans Glucose Polymer Polymer, Glucose Polyglucoses Polycose Polycose Glucan (BO) Glucan (BO)

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Glucans".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Macromolecular Substances [D05]
Polymers [D05.750]
Biopolymers [D05.750.078]
Glucans [D05.750.078.562]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Glucans [D09.698.365]

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2018	3	3
2019	1	1
2021	1	1
2025	2	2

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Ankur A, Yarava JR, Gautam I, Scott FJ, Mentink-Vigier F, Chrissian C, Xie L, Roy D, Stark RE, Doering TL, Wang P, Wang T. Polymorphic a-Glucans as Structural Scaffolds in Cryptococcus Cell Walls for Chitin, Capsule, and Melanin: Insights From 13C and 1H Solid-State NMR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2025 Sep 01; 64(36):e202510409.

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Reinoza J, Tiwari R, Morales I, Sotelo L, Sengupta D, Hernandez JP, Padilla V, Yallapu MM, Lozano K. Fabrication of pullulan-chitosan fiber membranes for enhanced hemostatic applications. Int J Biol Macromol. 2025 May; 308(Pt 2):142552.

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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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Chambers JK, Thongtharb A, Shiga T, Azakami D, Saito M, Sato M, Morozumi M, Nakayama H, Uchida K. Accumulation of Laforin and Other Related Proteins in Canine Lafora Disease With EPM2B Repeat Expansion. Vet Pathol. 2018 07; 55(4):543-551.

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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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