Pilot Study: Orally-Administered Yeast β1,3-glucan Prophylactically Protects Against Anthrax Infection and Cancer in Mice

An endotoxin-induced serum factor that causes necrosis of tumors.

E A Carswell, Lloyd J. Old, Robert Kassel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1975 · 4.5K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +15

Gram-negative Bacteria-binding Protein, a Pattern Recognition Receptor for Lipopolysaccharide and β-1,3-Glucan That Mediates the Signaling for the Induction of Innate Immune Genes in Drosophila melanogaster Cells

Yong Sik Kim, Ji-Hwan Ryu, Sung-Jun Han et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 312 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Immunology +17

Differences in susceptibility of inbred mice to Bacillus anthracis

Susan L. Welkos, Tracy Keener, Paul Gibbs · Infection and Immunity · 1986 · 280 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Host-pathogen Interactions +15

Identification of a reticuloendothelial stimulating agent in zymosan

S. J. Riggi, N. R. Di Luzio · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content · 1961 · 206 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +11

Comparative tumor‐inhibitory and anti‐bacterial activity of soluble and particulate glucan

N. R. Di Luzio, David L. Williams, Rose B. McNamee et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 1979 · 189 citations

Life Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology +10