Sentences with phrase «decreased cellular response»

Lack of sleep also contributes to insulin resistance, a condition characterized by decreased cellular response to insulin.

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Apparently, loneliness triggers cellular responses that increase inflammation and decrease the body's ability to fight off sickness.

Stimulation of gamma waves reduced levels of amyloid - β, decreased phosphorylation of tau, and led the brain's immune cells — microglia — to perform their usual housekeeping role, clearing away cellular debris, including amyloid - β (as opposed mounting an inflammatory response as microglia do in Alzheimer's disease, Tanzi explained).

While some cortisol is absolutely necessary to live — this is the hormone that is released from your adrenal glands in a cyclic manner during the day or during times of stress — most of us exist in a state of nearly constant exposure to this compound, resulting in lowered blood sugar response, abdominal weight gain, decreased memory, reduced cellular energy production, and diminished immunity.

'» Another group of researchers agrees, writing in Dermatology Research and Practice that there are two theories for aging: the first «focuses on reduced cellular lifespan, decreased responsiveness and functionality, and dysfunctional immune responses,» while the second «points towards environmental damages, focusing on DNA damage, inflammation and free radical formation.»

Many other alterations take place at the biochemical and cellular levels in response to and to compensate for the decrease in adrenal hormones that occurs with adrenal fatigue.

It inhibits anabolic signaling pathways when cellular ATP levels are decreased and AMP levels increase in response to limited energy availability (31).

Two key genes were affected in the cellular response to decreased glucose consumption.