Beta-glucans as immunostimulant in vertebrates and invertebrates

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-138

  Soltanian, S ^a,b   Stuyven, E ^a   Cox, E ^a   Sorgeloos, P ^a   Bossier, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETAFECTIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHRYSOLAMINARAN; CURDLAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DECTIN 1; GLUCAN; GRIFOLAN; KRESTIN; LAMINARAN; LENTINAN; MACROGARD; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; SCLEROGLUCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUACULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIVER METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 67651174431     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410902753746     Document Type: Review

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