"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucans" by people in Profiles.
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Nature of ?-1,3-Glucan-Exposing Features on Candida albicans Cell Wall and Their Modulation. mBio. 2022 12 20; 13(6):e0260522.
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Chitosan/guar gum-based thermoreversible hydrogels loaded with pullulan nanoparticles for enhanced nose-to-brain drug delivery. Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Aug 31; 215:579-595.
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Bioactive and multifunctional keratin-pullulan based hydrogel membranes facilitate re-epithelization in diabetic model. Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Jun 01; 209(Pt B):1826-1836.
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Curcumin-laden hyaluronic acid-co-Pullulan-based biomaterials as a potential platform to synergistically enhance the diabetic wound repair. Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Aug 31; 185:350-368.
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Bio-functional hydrogel membranes loaded with chitosan nanoparticles for accelerated wound healing. Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Feb 15; 170:207-221.
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Summary for Clinicians: Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 12; 16(12):1473-1477.
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Injection of Urethral Bulking Agents. Urol Clin North Am. 2019 Feb; 46(1):1-15.
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Effect of yeast extract addition to a mineral salts medium containing hydrolyzed plant xylan on fungal pullulan production. Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2018 Jul 26; 73(7-8):319-323.
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Characterization of the Intestinal Lactobacilli Community following Galactooligosaccharides and Polydextrose Supplementation in the Neonatal Piglet. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0135494.
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Effects of infection and disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis on serum antibody to glucan and arabinomannan: two surface polysaccharides of this pathogen. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Jun 19; 13:276.