No Significant Effect of Daikenchuto (TJ-100) on Peritoneal IL-9 and IFN-γ Levels After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Hiromichi Maeda,1,* Ken-ichi Okada,2,* Tsutomu Fujii,3 Mari S Oba,4 Manabu Kawai,2 Seiko Hirono,2 Yasuhiro Kodera,5 Masayuki Sho,6 Takahiro Akahori,6 Yasuhiro Shimizu,7 Yoshiyasu Ambo,8 Naru Kondo,9 Yoshiaki Murakami,9 Jiro Ohuchida,10 Hidetoshi Eguchi,11 Hiroaki Nagano,12 Junichi Sakamoto,13 Hiroki Yamaue2 1Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi 780-8505, Japan; 2Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8510, Japan; 3Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; 4Department of Medical Statistics Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan; 5Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan; 6Department of Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan; 7Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan; 8Department of Surgery, Teine-Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido 006-8555, Japan; 9Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan; 10Department of Surgery, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan; 11Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; 12Department of Gastroenterological, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan; 13Tokai Central Hospital, Kakamigahara, Gifu 504-8601, Japan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hiroki YamaueSecond Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8510, JapanTel +81-73-441-0613Email yamaue-h@wakayama-med.ac.jpAim and Background: TJ-100 is a traditional Japanese medicine that affects inflammation and gastrointestinal motil