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From

The Synbiotic Role of Mushrooms: is Germanium a Bioactive Prebiotic Player? A Review Article

Ferrão J, Bell V, Chaquisse E, Garrine C, Fernandes T

American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2019, 7(1), 26-35 doi:10.12691/ajfn-7-1-5
  • Figure 1. β-glucans, primarily in the ileum area through specialized M cells, increase host immune defence by activating complement system, enhancing and activating macrophages and natural killer cell functions. A large number of T cells, B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells hover here and as the phagocytes engulf and digest antigen, they then present antigen markers to the T cells
  • Figure 2. Prebiotic features on gut SCFAs production, on clusters of microbiota and eventual host benefits
  • Figure 3. Gut microbiota may be affected by many factors. Immune homeostasis, counteracting dysbiosis, is achieved and maintained due in part to the extensive interplay between the gut microbiota and host mucosal immune system
  • Figure 4. Metalloids in the Periodic Table