Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , January 2010

Dietary (1→3), (1→4)-β-d-glucans from oat activate nuclear factor-κB in intestinal leukocytes and enterocytes from mice

  • Julia J. Volman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, The Netherlands
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  • Ronald P. Mensink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, The Netherlands
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  • Julian D. Ramakers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, The Netherlands
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  • Menno P. de Winther

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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  • Harald Carlsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Rune Blomhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
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  • Wim A. Buurman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, The Netherlands
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  • Jogchum Plat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Nutrition and Toxicology Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), PO Box 616, NL- 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 433881309; fax: +31 433670976.

Received 5 September 2009 ,Revised 24 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.10.023

Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , January 2010

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