Title |
A good sugar, d-mannose, suppresses autoimmune diabetes
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Published in |
Cell & Bioscience, September 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13578-017-0175-1 |
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Authors |
Yun-Bo Shi, Deling Yin |
Abstract |
It is well known that too much sugar uptake causes many health problems, including diabetes and obesity (Lustig et al. in Nature 482:27-29, 2012). However, a team of researchers led by Dr. Wanjun Chen of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, have recently shown that d-mannose, a naturally occurring C-2 epimer of glucose is likely beneficial to human health. Their studies have revealed that supraphysiological levels of d-mannose that are safely achievable via drinking-water supplementation can be preventive and therapeutic to experimental autoimmune diabetes and asthmatic lung inflammation (Zhang et al. in Nat Med 23:1036-1045, 2017). |
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