The Claim
Sleep deprivation increases circulating neutrophil counts and proinflammatory cytokine levels (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α) in mice, zebrafish, pigs, and humans.
What the research says
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Lack of sleep raises the number of neutrophils and levels of inflammatory signaling molecules such as IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α in mice, zebrafish, pigs, and humans.
See the scientific wording
Sleep deprivation increases circulating neutrophil counts and proinflammatory cytokine levels (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α) in mice, zebrafish, pigs, and humans, suggesting a conserved innate immune response to acute sleep loss.
When sleep is lost, immune cells called neutrophils start using sugar faster than normal, producing more lactate. This lactate changes the way genes are read in these cells by attaching to DNA-packaging proteins, which turns on a gene called RORα. RORα then activates another gene that triggers the production of inflammatory chemicals and causes more neutrophils to multiply and move into tissues, raising their numbers in the blood.
What the research says
1 studyWhen animals and people don’t sleep, their bodies produce more white blood cells and inflammation chemicals—and this happens the same way in fish, pigs, mice, and humans because of a shared biological switch.
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