Abstract:
Objective
To study the relationship between intestinal permeability and nutritional status, immune function, and inflammatory reaction in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Methods
124 patients with gastrointestinalcancerweredividedinto the normalnutrition (NN),theborderlineormildmalnutrition(BMM)and the severe malnutrition(SM)groups by Nutritional Risk Index. The Lactulose/Mannitol (L/M) and the markers of nutri tional status, immune function, and inflammatory reaction were detected, and the correlations between the L/M and the markers were studied.
Results
As for SM and BMM group, the PAB and ALB,TF were lower than those in NN group. The negative linear correlations were found between L/M and ALB, TF, IgG, IgA, CD3, CD4 and CD4/CD8(P<0.01), and also between L/M and PAB and TLC(P<0.05), and positively between L/M and CD8 and CRP in SM and BMM group.
Conclusion
The gut barrier impairment of patients with gastrointestinal cancer companying the severe malnutrition is worse than those companying the borderline or mild malnutrition; the degrees of impairment are negatively correlated with their own nutritional status and immune function, and positively with inflammatory reaction.
Key words:
Gastrointestinal cancer,
Intestinal Permeability,
Nutritional Status,
Immune Function,
Inflammatory Reaction
Si-zeng CHEN, Hongshuang HUANG, Yong-kun Lin. The study of relationship between intestinal permeability and nutritional status, immune function,and inflammation reaction in patients with gastrointestinal cancer[J]. Chinese Archives of General Surgery(Electronic Edition), 2007, 01(03): 165-168.