"Dextrans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of glucose polymers made by certain bacteria. Dextrans are used therapeutically as plasma volume expanders and anticoagulants. They are also commonly used in biological experimentation and in industry for a wide variety of purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D003911
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.562.272 D09.698.365.272
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrans" by people in Profiles.
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CD33 Alzheimer's disease locus: altered monocyte function and amyloid biology. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jul; 16(7):848-50.
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Thromboembolic prophylaxis for patients with a fracture of the proximal femur. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2002 Jan; 31(1):16-24.
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Phytanic acid oxidation: topographical localization of phytanoyl-CoA ligase and transport of phytanic acid into human peroxisomes. J Lipid Res. 1995 May; 36(5):986-97.
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Comparison of dextran-coated charcoal and sucrose density gradient analyses of estrogen and progesterone receptors in human breast cancer. Cancer Res. 1980 Nov; 40(11):4127-32.