The macrophage genetic cassette inr/dtor/pvf2 is a nutritional status checkpoint for developmental timing

S Juarez-Carreño, F Geissmann - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
A small number of signaling molecules, used reiteratively, control differentiation programs,
but the mechanisms that adapt developmental timing to environmental cues are less …

Roles of ZnT86D in Neurodevelopment and Pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease in a Drosophila melanogaster Model

B Lee, B Choi, Y Park, S Jang, C Yuan, C Lim… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc is a fundamental trace element essential for numerous biological processes, and zinc
homeostasis is regulated by the Zrt-/Irt-like protein (ZIP) and zinc transporter (ZnT) families …

Mammalian puberty: a fly perspective

J Guirado, J Carranza‐Valencia, J Morante - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian puberty and Drosophila metamorphosis, despite their evolutionary distance,
exhibit similar design principles and conservation of molecular components. In this …

Refinement of a technique for collecting and evaluating the osmolality of haemolymph from Drosophila larvae

M Kurio, Y Tsukasa, T Uemura… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Ex vivo physiological experiments using small insect models such as Drosophila larvae
have become increasingly useful to address fundamental biological questions. To perform …