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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D09.698.365.089
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2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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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Otto WR, Dvorak CC, Boge CLK, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Esbenshade AJ, Nieder ML, Alexander S, Steinbach WJ, Dang H, Villaluna D, Chen L, Skeens M, Zaoutis TE, Sung L, Fisher BT. Prospective Evaluation of the Fungitell? (1?3) Beta-D-Glucan Assay as a Diagnostic Tool for Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A?Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 02; 27(1):e14399.
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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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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-Vel?squez 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 ?-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, ?-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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