Dextrans
"Dextrans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of glucose polymers made by certain bacteria. Dextrans are used therapeutically as plasma volume expanders and anticoagulants. They are also commonly used in biological experimentation and in industry for a wide variety of purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D003911
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.562.272 D09.698.365.272
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrans" by people in Profiles.
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Rentea RM, Liedel JL, Welak SR, Cassidy LD, Mayer AN, Pritchard KA, Oldham KT, Gourlay DM. Intestinal alkaline phosphatase administration in newborns is protective of gut barrier function in a neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis rat model. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jun; 47(6):1135-42.
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Bhattacharyya S, Kulesa PM, Fraser SE. Vital labeling of embryonic cells using fluorescent dyes and proteins. Methods Cell Biol. 2008; 87:187-210.