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the context of the stress response, it is important to remember that the HPA axis is only one of many stress-responsive systems within the body ( 15 , 18 ). A stressor is a real or perceived threat to homeostasis or well-being. This definition
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cell response to treatment with DNA-damaging agents. For induction of DNA damage, we used three models: oxidative stress (treatment with H 2 O 2 ), treatment with the radiomimetic neocarzinostatin (NSC) and γ-radiation. These DNA-damaging treatments
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stress-concept into stressors (strain), stress (the bodily reaction to stressors), and distress (the emotional consequences as reactions to the stressors) (2) . Stress occurs when the sum of stressors exceeds an individual threshold. The stress-response
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screen), share a common scenario that is an adaptation in response to stress ( 6 ). Importantly, obese patients with these eating disorders have demonstrated a poor response to conventional weight loss interventions ( 6 ). Therefore, the search for
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fluctuates in response to social stressors ( 2 ). Unlike other steroid hormones that have specific receptors, DHEA binds to a range of receptors, including the estrogen receptor ( 3 ). DHEA serves as a prohormone for estrogen and testosterone and can broadly
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that modulates this circadian cortisol rhythm. The cortisol peak in response to food intake was first described in the 1970s and has been repeatedly reproduced in normal-weight subjects ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). In lean populations, cortisol levels rise
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the cellular response to metabolic stress, and inhibited AMPK signaling has been found to correlate with insulin resistance, inflammation ( 17 , 18 ) and oxidative stress ( 19 ). For example, activating AMPK has been found to attenuate LPS
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Introduction Prenatal stress (PS) is the body's response when various internal and external factors stimulate a woman during pregnancy ( 1 ). Studies have shown that when women are exposed to stressful events during pregnancy, they can disrupt
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involved in the development of insulin resistance ( 6 , 7 ). c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), a kinase that is activated in the early ER stress response, is involved in insulin resistance, which suppresses insulin signaling via the serine phosphorylation of