Using Drosophila to discover mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-376

  Alfa, Ronald W ^a   Kim, Seung K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Drosophila; Insulin resistance; Insulin like peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING; ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84963649324     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.023887     Document Type: Review

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