• 1. School of Nursing of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. The Second Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
ZHOU Wence, Email: zhouwc@lzu.edu.cn
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Objective To summarize the current status of research in nutritional support for glutamine after hepatectomy.Method The literatures on nutritional support of glutamine after hepatectomy in recent years were reviewed by searching domestic and foreign literatures.Results The administration of glutamine up-regulated the expression of liver regeneration genes after partial hepatectomy in malnourished rats, and then stimulated cell mitosis by paracrine and endocrine cells, affecting the uptake of amino acids by hepatocytes and intestinal cells, and promoting hepatocyte proliferation. In clinical applications, glutamine could improve postoperative liver function and immune function, reduce the incidence of infectious complications, then relatively shorten the length of hospital stay, and improve the clinical outcome of patients.Conclusion Glutamine is beneficial to the recovery of liver function and has clinical application value.

Citation: LIU Xiaoyan, ZHANG Youdi, ZHOU Wence. Progress in the application of glutamine in nutritional support after hepatectomy. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(5): 631-635. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201811095 Copy

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