Cellular repair mechanisms activate and inflammation begins to decrease
It also upregulates over 4,000 genes involved in tissue repair, angiogenesis, and antioxidant defense while downregulating pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic pathways
Zhou R, Wang H, Yang Y, Zhang C, Dong X, Du J, et al
The appearance of mild-yellowish, mosaic symptoms was associated with a dramatic, 20-fold induction of defense-related genes like PR-1, chitinase and GST (Niehl et al., 2006)
General cautions for growth-hormone-stimulating peptides include active cancer, since raising growth hormone and IGF-1 is a theoretical concern with malignancy, as well as pregnancy and breastfeeding, and caution with conditions affected by blood sugar or fluid balance