Purified β-glucans of Different Molecular Weights Enhance Growth Performance of LPS-challenged Piglets via Improved Gut Barrier Function and Microbiota.

What it found

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Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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2. From Cell Walls to Food Products: Health Benefits, Functional Properties and Future Challenges of Yeast β-Glucans.Nutrients · 2026
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4. Effect of a symbiotic microbial complex (SMC) on productivity, early viability and blood parameters in broiler chicken under stress rearing conditions.Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2026
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5. β-Glucan reprograms alveolar macrophages via neutrophil/IFNγ axis in a murine model of lung injury.eLife · 2025
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6. Translating Human and Animal Model Studies to Dogs' and Cats' Veterinary Care: Beta-Glucans Application for Skin Disease, Osteoarthritis, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management.Microorganisms · 2024
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7. Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Post-Weaning Challenges in Pigs: A Focus on Glucans, Vitamin D, and Selenium.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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8. The Effect of Prebiotic Supplements on the Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Associated Health Parameters in Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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9. Characterization of β-Glucans from Cereal and Microbial Sources and Their Roles in Feeds for Intestinal Health and Growth of Nursery Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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10. Age Rather Than Supplementation with Oat β-Glucan Influences Development of the Intestinal Microbiota and SCFA Concentrations in Suckling Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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11. β-Glucan as a Techno-Functional Ingredient in Dairy and Milk-Based Products-A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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12. International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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13. Effect of β-1,3/1,6-glucan on gut microbiota of yellow-feathered broilers.AMB Express · 2022
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14. A water-soluble β-glucan improves growth performance by altering gut microbiome and health in weaned pigs.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2021
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15. In Vitro Fermentation Characteristics and Fiber-Degrading Enzyme Kinetics of Cellulose, Arabinoxylan,Microorganisms · 2021
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16. Does algae β-glucan affect the fecal bacteriome in dairy calves?PloS one · 2021
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17. The Weaning of Pigs: Mechanistic Outcomes to Intestinal Immunity and Integrity.Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho
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Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

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