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https://www.uaf.edu/files/olli/OLLI_15_chol_4_red.pdf https://www.uaf.edu/files/olli/OLLI_15_chol_4_red.pdf Checkout slides 7 and 8. My simple understanding is
by dtawfik1 9y ago
https://www.uaf.edu/files/olli/OLLI_15_chol_4_red.pdf https://www.uaf.edu/files/olli/OLLI_15_chol_4_red.pdf Checkout slides 7 and 8. My simple understanding is that the sugar creates a particle that provokes an immune response. Cytokines attack the sugar-lipid particle that has been oxidized.
- subcosmos 9y agoGlucose, in high concentration, reacts with proteins at arbitrary locations, effectively gluing them together. This is bad, so the immune system detects this (with a receptor called RAGE) and sends in reinforcements to eat the mess up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAGE_(receptor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAGE_(receptor)