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To investigate the influence of surgical stress on fibroblast proliferation, serum samples were collected from 12 patients within 1 week after they had undergone gastrointestinal surgery, and the effect of these samples on the growth of fibroblasts from neonatal mice were evaluated by an in vitro assay. In addition, the course of the postoperative plasma levels of the stress-induced hormones, adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol, and the direct effects of these substances on the proliferation of fibroblasts, were also analyzed. The sera collected from patients on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th postoperative day had a significant antiproliferative effect on the growth of fibroblasts. The evaluation of the levels of plasma catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) and cortisol revealed elevated postoperative concentrations of these substances in three patients, and the peaks were seen on the 1st or 3rd postoperative day. Furthermore, the growth of cultured fibroblasts was inhibited when each of these substances was added found in the postoperative sera. These results suggest that adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol may thus be among the circulating fibroblast growth inhibitors in postoperative patients and that surgical stress affects the formation of granulation in an inhibitory manner through the elevation of these stress-induced substances.
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Saito, T., Tazawa, K., Yokoyama, Y. et al. Surgical stress inhibits the growth of fibroblasts through the elevation of plasma catecholamine and cortisol concentrations. Surg Today 27, 627–631 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388219
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