Lipid metabolism is fundamental to life. In insects, it is critical, during reproduction, flight,
starvation, and diapause. The coordination center for insect lipid metabolism is the fat body …

Peroxisomes are essential metabolic organelles, well known for their roles in the
metabolism of complex lipids and reactive ionic species. In the past 10 years, peroxisomes …

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 …

Aim Studies on the effect of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on glucometabolic
markers have yielded conflicting results. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the …

In all metazoans, the intestinal tract is an essential organ to integrate nutritional signaling,
hormonal cues and immunometabolic networks. The dysregulation of intestinal epithelium …

Being overweight increases the risk of many metabolic disorders, but how it affects lifespan
is not completely clear. Not all obese people become ill, and the exact mechanism that turns …

Infection with pathogenic microbes is a severe threat that hosts manage by activating the
innate immune response. In Drosophila melanogaster, the Toll and Imd signaling pathways …

Summary The World Health Organization estimates that more than half of the world's
population is at risk for vector-borne diseases, including arboviruses. Because many …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are innate immune effectors first studied for their role in host
defence. Recent studies have implicated these peptides in the clearance of aberrant cells …

Organisms have constant contact with potentially harmful agents that can compromise their
fitness. However, most of the times these agents fail to cause serious disease by virtue of the …