Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy

Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most prevalent and lethal malignant neoplasms worldwide. The main treatment for GC is gastrectomy, which generally causes considerable metabolic stress to patients. To modulate cell function, maintain homeostasis of the immune response, reduce postoperative...

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Main Authors: Jin‐Ming Wu, Ming‐Tsan Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12299
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description Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most prevalent and lethal malignant neoplasms worldwide. The main treatment for GC is gastrectomy, which generally causes considerable metabolic stress to patients. To modulate cell function, maintain homeostasis of the immune response, reduce postoperative complications, and obtain favorable outcomes, physicians prescribe specific nutrients with immunomodulatory properties as supplementation to enteral or parenteral formulas, indicating immunonutrition. In the formulas, among the immunonutrients, glutamine, arginine, and n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are the most commonly used either alone or in combination. The present review summarizes and focuses on the evidence obtained from clinical trials and animal studies supporting the role of immunonutrients supplemented enterally or parenterally in total or subtotal gastrectomy. In addition, this review describes the possible molecular mechanisms underlying the protective action of these immunonutrients, which may contribute to therapeutic approaches to improve postoperative outcomes of gastrectomy. Combination of conventional therapy with immunonutrition seems to be a useful strategy to achieve synergistic effects in the treatment of GC patients.
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spelling doaj.art-743a9388f16d4bf9a11910f06de3d9fd2022-12-21T19:07:33ZengWileyAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery2475-03282020-01-0141142010.1002/ags3.12299Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomyJin‐Ming Wu0Ming‐Tsan Lin1Department of Surgery National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine Taipei TaiwanDepartment of Surgery National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine Taipei TaiwanAbstract Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most prevalent and lethal malignant neoplasms worldwide. The main treatment for GC is gastrectomy, which generally causes considerable metabolic stress to patients. To modulate cell function, maintain homeostasis of the immune response, reduce postoperative complications, and obtain favorable outcomes, physicians prescribe specific nutrients with immunomodulatory properties as supplementation to enteral or parenteral formulas, indicating immunonutrition. In the formulas, among the immunonutrients, glutamine, arginine, and n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are the most commonly used either alone or in combination. The present review summarizes and focuses on the evidence obtained from clinical trials and animal studies supporting the role of immunonutrients supplemented enterally or parenterally in total or subtotal gastrectomy. In addition, this review describes the possible molecular mechanisms underlying the protective action of these immunonutrients, which may contribute to therapeutic approaches to improve postoperative outcomes of gastrectomy. Combination of conventional therapy with immunonutrition seems to be a useful strategy to achieve synergistic effects in the treatment of GC patients.https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12299argininegastrectomyglutamineimmunonutritionn‐3 fatty acids
spellingShingle Jin‐Ming Wu
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Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
arginine
gastrectomy
glutamine
immunonutrition
n‐3 fatty acids
title Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
title_full Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
title_fullStr Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
title_full_unstemmed Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
title_short Effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
title_sort effects of specific nutrients on immune modulation in patients with gastrectomy
topic arginine
gastrectomy
glutamine
immunonutrition
n‐3 fatty acids
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12299
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