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SURGERY
Volume 148, Issue 3, Pages 573-581Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.01.017
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- Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Background. The mechanisms of immunonutrition on reducing infectious complications are still poorly understood. This prospective randomized study was designed to determine whether immunonutrition influences the following factors: cell-mediated immunity, differentiation of T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 cells, interleukin (IL)-17-producing CD4(+) helper T (Th17) cell response, and infectious complication rate after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Methods. Thirty patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy were divided into 3 groups. Ten patients in the perioperative group received immune-enhancing diets enriched with arginine, omega-3 fatty acids, and RNA for 5 days before operative resection, which was prolonged after operative resection by enteral infusion. Ten patients in the postoperative group received early postoperative enteral infusion of the same enriched formula with no artificial nutrition before operative resection. Ten patients in the control group received total parenteral nutrition postoperatively. The primary endpoint was immune responses; the secondary endpoint was the rate of infectious complications. Results. Concanavalin A (Con A)- or phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation and natural killer cell activity were significantly higher in the perioperative group than in the other groups. Messenger RNA (mRNA) expression levels of T-bet, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), related orphan receptor gamma t (ROR gamma t), and interleukin-17F (IL-17F) were significantly higher in the perioperative group than in the other groups. In the pen operative group, the rate of infectious complications was significantly reduced compared with that in the other groups. Conclusion. Pen operative immunonutrition reduced stress-induced immunosuppression after a major stressful operative resection. The modulation of Th1/Th2 differentiation and Th17 response may play important roles in this immunologic effect. (Surgery 2010;148:573-81.)
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