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==Function== Heat shock proteins play the role of a chaperone for other proteins and significant part of the body's physiological stress response. HSPs are found in all cells of all organisms. These proteins also play a role in protecting from stress/apoptosis.<ref name="Li2004">{{Cite journal| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18432918 | title = Heat-shock proteins | last = Li | first = Z | last2 = Srivastava | first2 = P | date = 2004|journal=Curr Protoc Immunol|volume=|issue=Appendix 1T | pages = |doi=10.1002/0471142735.ima01ts58|pmid =18432918|pmc=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> More specifically they also inhibit protein degradation, and as a result they inhibit [[skeletal muscle atrophy]]. <ref name="Patrick2016">{{Cite web | url = https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/05/01/health-benefits-extreme-hot-cold-temperatures.aspx?x_cid=youtube | title = The Surprising Health Benefits of Extreme Hot and Cold Temperatures | last = Patrick | first = Rhonda | date = |website=Mercola|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> Certain HSPs appear play [[cytoprotective]] role in many human diseases, including [[ischemia]], [[inflammation]], and infection.<ref name="Gabriella1999">{{Cite journal | last = Gabriella | first = Santoro | date = June 1999 | title = Heat shock factors and the control of the stress response| url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006295299002993#!|journal=Biochemical Pharmacology|volume=59 | pages = 55-63|via=}}</ref>
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