Lipids are the primary storage molecules and an essential source of energy in insects during
reproduction, prolonged periods of flight, starvation, and diapause. The coordination center …

Diapause is a physiological adaptation to conditions that are unfavorable for growth or
reproduction. During diapause, animals become long-lived, stress-resistant …

Little is known about the metabolic basis of life-history trade-offs but lipid stores seem to play
a pivotal role. During reproduction, an energetically highly costly process, animals mobilize …

Sex differences in whole-body fat storage exist in many species. For example, Drosophila
females store more fat than males. Yet, the mechanisms underlying this sex difference in fat …

Metabolic homeostasis is under strict regulation of humoral factors across various taxa. In
particular, insulin and glucagon, referred to in Drosophila as Drosophila insulin‐like …

Insects produce many peptide hormones that play important roles in regulating growth,
development, immunity, homeostasis, stress, and other processes to maintain normal life. As …

In mammals, energy homeostasis is regulated by the antagonistic action of hormones insulin
and glucagon. However, in contrast to the highly conserved insulin, glucagon is absent in …

Propagation of intercellular calcium waves through tissues has been found to coordinate
different multicellular responses. Nevertheless, our understanding of how calcium waves …

Lipid homeostasis is essential for insects to maintain phospholipid (PL)-based membrane
integrity and to provide on-demand energy supply throughout life. Triacylglycerol (TAG) is …

The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of insects is considered an equivalent of the mammalian
hormone glucagon as it induces fast mobilization of carbohydrates and lipids from the fat …