Nov 2, 2008: Cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found to alter levels of glutathione compounds in experiments, which may alter the body’s resistance to certain types of cancer. Glutathione deficiencies have been linked to many forms of cancer. >Read articles on cancer and glutathione
NOV 2, 2008 Scientific article on Glutathione depletion and it's affects on cancer.
GLUTATHIONE (GSH) DEPLETION AND THE EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL
REPLETION OF GSH ON IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION IN MALIGNANCY
ABSTRACT: Intracellular glutathione (GSH) is a requisite for normal lymphocyte activation as
well as T cell and NK cytotoxicity (17). In various cancers, however, it has been
suggested that the tumor co-opts GSH, resulting in elevated tumor cell GSH, depleted
immune cell GSH, and compromised immunologic function (9, 12, 20-23). We
examined T cell glutathione levels in patients with various malignancies and the effect of
repletion of GSH with a patented nutritional preparation on immunologic numbers and
function. Read Article |