"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucans" by people in Profiles.
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Isolation, Physicochemical Characterization, Labeling, and Biological Evaluation of Mannans and Glucans. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2542:323-360.
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Mannan Molecular Substructures Control Nanoscale Glucan Exposure in Candida. Cell Rep. 2018 08 28; 24(9):2432-2442.e5.
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Immunoregulatory Activity of the Natural Product Laminarin Varies Widely as a Result of Its Physical Properties. J Immunol. 2018 01 15; 200(2):788-799.
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Soluble Dectin-1 as a tool to detect beta-glucans. J Immunol Methods. 2006 Jul 31; 314(1-2):164-9.
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Immune sensing of Candida albicans requires cooperative recognition of mannans and glucans by lectin and Toll-like receptors. J Clin Invest. 2006 Jun; 116(6):1642-50.
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Oral delivery and gastrointestinal absorption of soluble glucans stimulate increased resistance to infectious challenge. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Sep; 314(3):1079-86.
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Pharmacokinetics of fungal (1-3)-beta-D-glucans following intravenous administration in rats. Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Sep; 4(9):1209-15.
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Structural characterization of (1-->3)-beta-D-glucans isolated from blastospore and hyphal forms of Candida albicans. Carbohydr Res. 2003 Jul 04; 338(14):1491-6.
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Modulation of tissue Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 during the early phases of polymicrobial sepsis correlates with mortality. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun; 31(6):1808-18.
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Dectin-1 mediates the biological effects of beta-glucans. J Exp Med. 2003 May 05; 197(9):1119-24.