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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Prolonged survival by combination treatment with a standardized herbal extract from Japanese Kampo-medicine (Juzentaihoto) and gemcitabine in an orthotopic transplantation pancreatic cancer model.

Joanna Napp, Paulina Siebel, Hans Rausch, Kenny Kuchta, Thomas Efferth, Frauke Alves, Volker Ellenrieder, Silke Cameron

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Joanna NappClinic for Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
Paulina SiebelClinic for Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
Hans RauschPhytochem Reference Substances, Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Kenny KuchtaResearch Unit for Far Eastern Medicine, Department of Vegetation Analysis and Phytodiversity, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Thomas EfferthInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Frauke AlvesTranslational Molecular Imaging, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT), Göttingen, Germany.
Volker EllenriederClinic for Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
Silke CameronClinic for Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.

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Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by its poor prognosis. Traditional Japanese herbal medicine (Kampo), such as Juzentaihoto (a standardized combination of 10 herbal extracts), has shown immune modulatory effects, modulation of microcirculation, and amelioration of fatigue. It is administered to patients to prevent deterioration of cachexia and counteract side effects of chemotherapy. The effect of Juzentaihoto with or without standard chemotherapy (Gemcitabine) on survival and tumor microenvironment was studied in an immunocompetent pancreatic cancer mouse model. Following tumor development ±12 days after orthotopic implantation of murine pancreatic cancer cells (KPC) into the pancreas of C57BL/6 mice, the mice were treated with Gemcitabine, Juzentaihoto, their combination (Gem/Juz) or NaCl (Ctr.). Combination treatment significantly prolonged survival (+38%) of tumor bearing mice, compared to controls as well as Gemcitabine or Juzentaihoto monotherapy. Macrophage (CD68+) infiltration in pancreatic tumors was significantly enhanced in Gem/Juz - treated animals, compared with controls (p < 0,001), with significant increases of both, macrophages (CD68+) and for lymphocytes (CD45+), especially at the tumor front.

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gemcitabineJuzentaihotoKampo medicinemacrophagesmurine KPC pancreatic tumor cellsorthotopic transplantation PDAC mouse modelpancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)tumor microenvironment

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PMID39723364
PMCPMC11669038

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