Description of Procedure or Service Populations Interventions Comparators Outcomes Individuals:  With a solid organ transplant Interventions of interest are:  Immune cell function assay Comparators of interest are:  Standard monitoring of immunosuppression Relevant outcomes include:  Overall survival  Test accuracy  Other test performance measures  Morbid events Individuals:  With a hem...

The immune system works best if the lymphoid cells have a delicately balanced intermediate level of glutathione. Even moderate changes in the intracellular glutathione level have profound effects on lymphocyte functions. Certain functions, such as the DNA synthetic response, are exquisitely sensitive to reactive oxygen intermediates and, therefore, are favoured by high levels of the antioxidant...

There is now a large body of evidence suggesting a close interaction between the central nervous system and the immune system. More specifically, immunological abnormalities have been described in relation to psychological stress (Jemrnott and Locke 1984) and in patients with psychiatric illness (DeLisi and Crow 1986). We have earlier reported a decrease in mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferat...