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Trial reportNutrients2026

Dietary β-1,3/1,6-Glucan from Baker's Yeast Supports Upper Respiratory Mucosal Immune Health in Healthy Adults: Evidence from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Takashi Kanno, Ken-Ichi Ishibashi, Shota Kajiyama, Takanori Ikawa, Taiki Morita, Kenta Murata, Shuu Imai, Machiko Nishioka, Yoshiyuki Adachi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Takashi KannoLaboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan.
Ken-Ichi IshibashiLaboratory of Host Defense and Responses, Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, Sakado 350-0288, Japan.
Shota KajiyamaR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.
Takanori IkawaR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.
Taiki MoritaR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.
Kenta MurataR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6751-049X
Shuu ImaiR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.
Machiko NishiokaR&D Headquarters, Life Science Research Department, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki 567-0057, Japan.
Yoshiyuki AdachiLaboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7164-6237

Funding

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

beta-GlucansGlucansImmunity, MucosalRespiratory MucosaSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAdolescentAdultAgedDendritic CellsDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansImmunonutrition DietJapanMalebeta-GlucansGlucansdietary polysaccharidesfunctional polysaccharidehuman healthmucosal immunityrandomized controlled trialβ-1,3/1,6-glucan

Identifiers

PMID41901136
PMCPMC13028741

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