Drosophila gains traction as a repurposed tool to investigate metabolism

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 518-527

  Padmanabha, Divya ^a   Baker, Keith D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Endocrine; Insulin signaling; Metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR 1; APOLIPOPROTEIN D; CHOLECYSTOKININ LIKE PEPTIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT FLY MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIFESPAN; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOTOXICITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; ORTHOLOGY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE; ANIMAL; DIET; EATING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIET; DROSOPHILA; EATING; HUMANS; METABOLISM; OBESITY;

EID: 84908112610     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2014.03.011     Document Type: Review

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