Drosophila: A model for understanding obesity and diabetic complications

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 184-185

  Teleman, A A ^a   Ratzenbock I ^b   Oldham, S ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

neuropathy; obesity; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COMPREHENSION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; HEART; HUMANS; NEURONS; OBESITY;

EID: 84860260269     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304566     Document Type: Review

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