Must Read! Late-Life Cycler Genes May Activate To Protect Us From Midlife Crises Stress

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Stress is inevitable and that's a fact. People often say that the younger ones worry less than older people because they are still not exposed to major stressors.

Studies show that there are at least 25 genes called late-life cyclers or LLC that become activated as the person will age. However, some of these genes' function remains unclear.

According to Daily Mail, co-author of the study professor Jadwiga Giebultowicz of the Oregon State University said, "This class of late-life cycler genes appears to become active and responds to some of the stresses commonly in aging. These aging-related stresses involve cellular and molecular damage, oxidative stress and some disease states."

The study also involves fruit flies. The team found out that the biological processes of a fruit fly and a human being has something in common. Young flies expressed a weak stress-response genes while the older flies expressed late-life cycler genes regularly and vigorously.

As aging is associated with the degradation of neural functions, memory loss, and other problems; late-life cycler genes help protect the nervous system as its natural response to the aging process. Researchers believe the importance of circadian rhythms as they help regulate the activities of hundreds of genes essential to the processes of life.

Per Manila Bulletin, Dr. David Hendrix, an assistant professor in the Oregon State University College of Science and College of Engineering, said that "the discovery of late-life cycler may provide the link on why the disruption of circadian clocks accelerates in symptoms" He also explains that some of these genes are known to play roles in isolating improperly 'folded' proteins and helps them refold.

Moreover, intense stress at any point in life may cause some of the late-life cyclers to activate and spring to action. People with routine disruptions of their circadian rhythms have been shown to have a shorter lifespan and may be more prone to cancer.