Nutritional regulation of stem and progenitor cells in Drosophila

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4647-4656

  Shim, Jiwon ^a   Gururaja Rao, Shubha ^a   Banerjee, Utpal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sensing; Dilp; Drosophila; Germline stem cell; Hematopoietic progenitor cell; Insulin; Intestinal stem cell; Neural stem cell; Nutritional control

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SOMATOMEDIN; UVOMORULIN;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRESS; CELL TYPE; DROSOPHILA; GERMLINE STEM CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; KWASHIORKOR; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SYSTEMS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SENSING; DILP; DROSOPHILA; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELL; INSULIN; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NUTRITIONAL CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; INSULIN; INTESTINES; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84887918388     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.079087     Document Type: Review

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