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ArticlePolymers2021

WSG, a Glucose-Rich Polysaccharide from

Wei-Lun Qiu, Wei-Hung Hsu, Shu-Ming Tsao, Ai-Jung Tseng, Zhi-Hu Lin, Wei-Jyun Hua, Hsin Yeh, Tzu-En Lin, Chien-Chang Chen, Li-Sheng Chen and 1 more

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-Lun QiuInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Wei-Hung HsuInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Shu-Ming TsaoDepartment of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9614-3652
Ai-Jung TsengInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Zhi-Hu LinInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Wei-Jyun HuaInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Hsin YehInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Tzu-En LinInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4291-3601
Chien-Chang ChenThe General Education Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei 243, Taiwan.
Li-Sheng ChenSchool of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9750-3015
Tung-Yi LinInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1199-1121
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWMing Chi University of Technology · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer has the highest global mortality rate of any cancer. Although targeted therapeutic drugs are commercially available, the common drug resistance and insensitivity to cisplatin-based chemotherapy, a common clinical treatment for lung cancer, have prompted active research on alternative lung cancer therapies and methods for mitigating cisplatin-related complications. In this study, we investigated the effect of WSG, a glucose-rich, water soluble polysaccharide derived from

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anti-lung cancercisplatinGanoderma lucidumpolysaccharidessynergistic effect

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PMID34960904
PMCPMC8705874
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