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ArticleHelminthologia2018

β-Glucan and Parasites.

V Vetvicka, R Fernandez-Botran

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Article in Helminthologia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. β-1,3-Glucan recognition byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024
    Article
  3. Article
  4. A new insight in immunomodulatory impact of botanicals in treating avian coccidiosis.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2022
    Review
  5. Trained Immunity as an Adaptive Branch of Innate Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. The Herbal Supplements NOZEMAT HERBPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

V VetvickaUniversity of Louisville, Department of Pathology, 511 S. Floyd, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
R Fernandez-BotranUniversity of Louisville, Department of Pathology, 511 S. Floyd, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunosuppression caused by parasitic infections represents the foremost way by which the parasites overcome or escape the host's immune response. Glucan is a well-established natural immunomodulator with the ability to significantly improve immune system, from innate immunity to both branches of specific immunity. Our review is focused on the possible role of glucan's action in antiparasite therapies and vaccine strategies. We concluded that the established action of glucan opens a new window in treatment and protection against parasitic infections.

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glucanimmunityLeishmaniaparasiteToxoplasma

Identifiers

PMID31662645
PMCPMC6662018

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