Beta-glucans and cancer: The influence of inflammation and gut peptide

Dietary beta-glucans are soluble fibers with potentially health-promoting effects. Gut peptides are important signals in the regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis. This article reviews the effects of different enriched beta-glucan food consumption on immune responses, inflammation, gut hormone and cancer. Gut hormones are influenced by enriched beta-glucan food consumption and levels of such peptide as YY, ghrelin, glucagon-like peptide 1 and 2 in humans influence serum glucose concentration as well as innate and adaptive immunity. Cancer cell development is also regulated by obesity and glucose dish-omeostasy that are influenced by beta-glucan food consumption that in turn regulated gut hormones. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.