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Beta Glucans: Secret Weapon Against Colds
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- Eccles Common Cold 2023
- Malik Outlining recent updates on influenza therapeutics and vaccines: A comprehensive review 2024
- Paludan Early host defense against virus infections 2024
- Dharsono Effects of Yeast (1,3)-(1,6)-Beta-Glucan on Severity of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study in Healthy Subjects 2019
- Moreno Yeast Beta-Glucan Enhances Antibody Response Following Influenza Vaccination - A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial. 2025
- Khan β-Glucan reprograms neutrophils to promote disease tolerance against influenza A virus 2025
- Laue Adjuvant Effect of Orally Applied Preparations Containing Non-Digestible Polysaccharides on Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Seniors: A Double-Blind, Randomised, Controlled Pilot Trial 2021
- Mah Beverage Containing Dispersible Yeast β-Glucan Decreases Cold/Flu Symptomatic Days After Intense Exercise: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2020
- Barrett Validation of a short form Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21) 2009
- Barrett The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey is responsive, reliable, and valid 2005
- Choi Dietary supplementation with rice bran fermented with Lentinus edodes increases interferon-γ activity without causing adverse effects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study 2014
- McFarlin Oral Supplementation with Baker's Yeast Beta Glucan Is Associated with Altered Monocytes, T Cells and Cytokines following a Bout of Strenuous Exercise 2017
- Leentjens The effects of orally administered Beta-glucan on innate immune responses in humans, a randomized open-label intervention pilot-study 2014
- Ju Defining the role of Parasutterella, a previously uncharacterized member of the core gut microbiota 2019