"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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrans" by people in Profiles.
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Smart polymeric eye gear: A possible preventive measure against ocular transmission of COVID-19. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov; 144:110288.
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A systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing treatments for faecal incontinence. Int J Surg. 2019 Jun; 66:37-47.
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Mixture of Macromolecular Crowding Agents Has a Non-additive Effect on the Stability of Proteins. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2019 Aug; 188(4):927-941.
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Effects of sodium chloride and sodium perchlorate on properties and partition behavior of solutes in aqueous dextran-polyethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol-sodium sulfate two-phase systems. J Chromatogr A. 2019 Jan 04; 1583:28-38.
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Acetalated Dextran Microparticles for Codelivery of STING and TLR7/8 Agonists. Mol Pharm. 2018 11 05; 15(11):4933-4946.
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Lactoferrin for treating iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy: statistical concerns. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 11; 32(21):3698.
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On the use of superparamagnetic hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as an agent for magnetic and nuclear in vivo imaging. Acta Biomater. 2018 06; 73:458-469.
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Sugar osmolytes-induced stabilization of RNase A in macromolecular crowded cellular environment. Int J Biol Macromol. 2018 Aug; 115:349-357.
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How do cortico-striatal projections impact on downstream pallidal circuitry? Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Jul; 223(6):2809-2821.
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Low-molecular weight dextran as adjuvant for ultrasound-guided posterior quadratus lumborum block: old things in new ways? Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 07; 84(7):878-879.