"Dextrans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dextrans" by people in Profiles.
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Early increase in blood supply (EIBS) is associated with tumor risk in the Azoxymethane model of colon cancer. BMC Cancer. 2018 Aug 13; 18(1):814.
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Perivascular Macrophages Limit Permeability. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 11; 36(11):2203-2212.
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How we handled the dextran shortage: an alternative washing or dilution solution for cord blood infusions. Transfusion. 2015 Jun; 55(6):1147-53.
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Microsurgery in the hypercoagulable patient: review of the literature. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2012 Jun; 28(5):305-12.
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A novel adenoviral vector labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for real-time tracking of viral delivery. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Jun; 19(6):875-80.
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Mechanism of cellular uptake and impact of ferucarbotran on macrophage physiology. PLoS One. 2011; 6(9):e25524.
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Sensitivity of USPIO-enhanced R2 imaging to dynamic blood volume changes in the rat kidney. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 May; 33(5):1091-9.
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Enzymatic- and temperature-sensitive controlled release of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxides (USPIOs). J Nanobiotechnology. 2011 Feb 27; 9:7.
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Analytical ultracentrifugation to support the development of biomaterials and biomedical devices. Methods. 2011 May; 54(1):92-100.
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Upper thoracic postsynaptic dorsal column neurons conduct cardiac mechanoreceptive information, but not cardiac chemical nociception in rats. Brain Res. 2010 Dec 17; 1366:71-84.