Complex sentence: Some of the diseases associated with connexons are cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which is the inability of the body to produce insulin for glucose uptake by cells and degradation in the smaller units of connexons, called connexions, possibly leading to the onset of diabetes.
Split into simpler sentences: Some of the diseases associated with connexons are cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which is the inability of the body to produce insulin for glucose uptake by cells. A malfunction in the smaller units of connexons, called connexions, possibly leads to the onset of diabetes.