During emergencies, cells produce stress proteins that repair damage. (scientificamerican.com)
The Systemic Amyloid Precursor Transthyretin (TTR) Behaves as a Neuronal Stress Protein Regulated by HSF1 in SH - SY5Y Human Neuroblastoma Cells and APP23 Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice. (faith.org.uk)
The researchers aren't sure what happens to the food that doesn't go into growth, but they think it gets lost in the anti-predator response, possibly to production of stress proteins. (sciencedaily.com)