The overall objective of the study is to determine whether self-rated, perceived immune fitness (using questionnaire) is associated with biological assessment of immune fitness (immune signatures in the blood).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
90
Nestlé Clinical Research Unit
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Percentage of different immune cell types in whole blood
Immune cell type profiling in whole blood by mass cytometry
Time frame: 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial
Relative quantification of immune protein in plasma
Proteomic analysis in plasma by proximity extension assay
Time frame: 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial
Amount of cytokines expressed by peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Cytokine quantification by proximity extension assay
Time frame: 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial
Amount of analytes in serum
Blood chemistry
Time frame: 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial
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