 beta-Glucans
"beta-Glucans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Glucose polymers consisting of a backbone of beta(1->3)-linked beta-D-glucopyranosyl units with beta(1->6) linked side chains of various lengths. They are a major component of the CELL WALL of organisms and of soluble DIETARY FIBER.
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D047071
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.365.089
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| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Glucans" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Saccente M, Krishnan G. Comparison of Blood (1->3)-ß-d-Glucan Levels in AIDS-Related Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia and AIDS-Related Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 15; 73(6):1100-1102.
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Farias E Silva K, Nanini HF, Cascabulho CM, Rosas SLB, Santana PT, Carneiro AJV, Anaissie E, Nucci M, de Souza HSP. Serum 1,3-beta-D-glucan as a noninvasive test to predict histologic activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar 07; 27(9):866-885.
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Moreno-Velásquez SD, Seidel C, Juvvadi PR, Steinbach WJ, Read ND. Caspofungin-Mediated Growth Inhibition and Paradoxical Growth in Aspergillus fumigatus Involve Fungicidal Hyphal Tip Lysis Coupled with Regenerative Intrahyphal Growth and Dynamic Changes in ß-1,3-Glucan Synthase Localization. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 10; 61(10).
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Huppler AR, Fisher BT, Lehrnbecher T, Walsh TJ, Steinbach WJ. Role of Molecular Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 01; 6(suppl_1):S32-S44.
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Mohan M, Fogel B, Eluvathingal T, Schinke C, Kothari A. Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in a patient after autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. Transpl Infect Dis. 2016 Dec; 18(6):939-941.
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Lehrnbecher T, Robinson PD, Fisher BT, Castagnola E, Groll AH, Steinbach WJ, Zaoutis TE, Negeri ZF, Beyene J, Phillips B, Sung L. Galactomannan, ß-D-Glucan, and Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Assays for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 15; 63(10):1340-1348.
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Steinbach WJ. Blood-based Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised/Oncology Patients. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Sep; 34(9):1020-2.
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