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Erschienen in: Surgery Today 6/2013

01.06.2013 | Original Article

Regulatory T cells in the blood: a new marker of surgical stress

verfasst von: Yu Saito, Mitsuo Shimada, Tohru Utsunomiya, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Hiroki Mori, Jun Hanaoka, Shuichi Iwahashi, Shinichiro Yamada, Michihito Asanoma

Erschienen in: Surgery Today | Ausgabe 6/2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The function of regulatory T cells (Foxp3+CD4+CD25+ T cells: Treg) after surgery remains unspecified. We investigated the potential role of Treg as a new stress marker for various operations.

Methods

Thirty-three patients who underwent various operations at our department were divided into the following three groups based on the invasiveness of their surgery: Group A, those who underwent massively invasive surgery; Group B, those who underwent moderately invasive surgery; and Group C, those who underwent minimally invasive surgery. We measured Treg levels in the peripheral blood by flow cytometry and labeling with anti-CD4, CD25, and Foxp3 antibodies on preoperative day 1 and then on postoperative days (PODs) 1 and 6. Treg subpopulations in each group on the 3 days were compared.

Results

Treg subpopulations were significantly higher on POD 6 than on preoperative day 1 in all patients. In Group B, Treg subpopulations varied according to the operative procedures undertaken. For example, there were marked differences between open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery. In Group A, the Treg subpopulations tended to be increased on POD 6, although those on POD 1 were lower than those on preoperative day 1.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that Treg is an efficient biomarker, indicative of the degree of surgical stress and its impact on immunological status.
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Metadaten
Titel
Regulatory T cells in the blood: a new marker of surgical stress
verfasst von
Yu Saito
Mitsuo Shimada
Tohru Utsunomiya
Yuji Morine
Satoru Imura
Tetsuya Ikemoto
Hiroki Mori
Jun Hanaoka
Shuichi Iwahashi
Shinichiro Yamada
Michihito Asanoma
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2013
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Surgery Today / Ausgabe 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Elektronische ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-013-0517-5

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