Role of beta-(1→3)(1→6)-D-glucan derived from yeast on natural killer (NK) cells and breast cancer cell lines in 2D and 3D cultures

Abstract Background Beta-(1,3)(1,6)-D-glucan is a complex polysaccharide, which is found in the cell wall of various fungi, yeasts, bacteria, algae, barley, and oats and has immunomodulatory, anticancer and antiviral effects. In the present study, we investigated the effect of beta-(1,3)(1,6)-D-gluc...

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Main Authors: Abdelhadi Boulifa, Martin J. Raftery, Alexander Sebastian Franzén, Clarissa Radecke, Sebastian Stintzing, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Gabriele Pecher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-11979-3