Necessary For Cell Communication
Cells in the body speak to one another—not with words but with chemical interactions. Without magnesium, these intracellular and extracellular communication wouldn’t happen. A cell-signaling molecule called cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) needs magnesium to form. The molecule cAMP is essential, because it influences everything from metabolizing glucose to how well the brain functions. It’s also needed by the immune system, since it signals when it increase antibodies to kill off invasive microbes. Without magnesium, these signals would never make it through the body.
In a 2011 study published in Nature, a magnesium transported called MAGT1 helps create the T-cells that fight off the threats to our immune system. MAGT1 is also responsible for signaling immune system responses.
