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mTOR and fasting

Protein regulator of cellular growth whose inhibition by fasting activates cellular cleaning.

Definition

mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) is a protein kinase that regulates cell growth and protein synthesis, strongly inhibited during fasting to favor autophagy.

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