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Assertion: Cortisol produces anti-inflammatory reactions and suppresses the immune response.
Reason: Cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis lipogenesis and proteogenesis.

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The aderenal cortex produces glucocorticoids which stimulate gluconeogenesis, lipolysis and proteolysis, and inhibit cellular uptakes and utilisation of amino acids. In our body. Corisol is the main glucocorticoid. Cortisol produces antiinflammatory reactions and suppresses the immune response.
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