Glucans
"Glucans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucans" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Saccente M, Krishnan G. Comparison of Blood (1->3)-?-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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Mock MG, Hirsch KR, Blue MNM, Trexler ET, Roelofs EJ, Smith-Ryan AE. Post-Exercise Ingestion of Low or High Molecular Weight Glucose Polymer Solution Does Not Improve Cycle Performance in Female Athletes. J Strength Cond Res. 2021 Jan 01; 35(1):124-131.
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Culbertson AT, Tietze AA, Tietze D, Chou YH, Smith AL, Young ZT, Zabotina OA. A homology model of Xyloglucan Xylosyltransferase 2 reveals critical amino acids involved in substrate binding. Glycobiology. 2016 09; 26(9):961-972.