by jowen | Feb 4, 2020 | Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response, Influenza, Viruses
Scandinavian Journal Immunol – February 2020 – “The oral administration of Glucan mixture protects mice from lethal infection. All mice were infected with influenza. Glucan group was fed with Glucan, and the influenza group was fed with PBS...
by jowen | Oct 15, 2018 | Glucans, Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response
Med. Food 2008 — Article compares Yeast vs. Mushroom derived beta glucan’s effectiveness on the immune system. Article finds that yeast glucans have a broader immune response in lower doses than mushroom glucans. (A.J. Lanigan’s Beta Glucan is a yeast Glucan). Read...
by jowen | Oct 15, 2018 | Glucans, Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response
ISJ Minireview 2004 — Article describes how – Glucans enhance the immune system of invertebrates (animals without a spine), thus proving that Glucans have a basic function in the immune system of most biological species. Read more…
by jowen | Sep 28, 2018 | Glucans, Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response
Novak Journal Immunotoxicology 2008 — B1,3-Glucan: Silver Bullet or Hot Air. Article is an historical perspective of beta glucan’s evolution as an accepted biological response modifier. Article also describes the known Mode of Action of beta glucans. Read...
by jowen | Sep 28, 2018 | Cancer, Glucans, Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response
North American Journal of Medical Sciences 2016 Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2016 — Addition of Selenium Improves Immunomodulative Effects of Glucan. “Using two different murine models of cancer, we showed that the Selenium (Se)/glucan combination strongly suppressed...
by jowen | Sep 28, 2018 | Cancer, Immunity/Immune Response/Immune Response
Clin. Exp. Immunol. 1999 — Article demonstrates that beta glucan’s CR3 binding properties can be effective against cancer tumor cells that do not have CR3 receptor sites by potentiating natural killer (NK) cells to see the tumor cells as non-self. Read...
