Interestingly, this reduction in HK2 expression was accompanied by upregulation of GLUT1, an upstream regulator of HK2, suggesting a potential compensatory response to metabolic stress
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Although these studies suggest that NTS2 enhances sensitivity to higher hypnotic doses of alcohol while NTS1 increases sensitivity to lower ataxic doses of alcohol, and by these mechanisms both receptors may suppress alcohol consumption (Lee et al., 2011)
The peptide upregulates VEGF by 2.54 baseline in tissue repair contexts
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