RNA Interference (RNAi) Screening in Drosophila

F Heigwer, F Port, M Boutros - Genetics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade, RNA interference (RNAi), a cellular mechanism that uses RNA-guided
degradation of messenger RNA transcripts, has had an important impact on identifying and …

Studies of neurodegenerative diseases using Drosophila and the development of novel approaches for their analysis

Y Nitta, A Sugie - Fly, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The use of Drosophila in neurodegenerative disease research has contributed to the
identification of modifier genes for the pathology. The basis for neurodegenerative disease …

Bassoon contributes to tau-seed propagation and neurotoxicity

P Martinez, H Patel, Y You, N Jury, A Perkins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tau aggregation is a defining histopathological feature of Alzheimer's disease and other
tauopathies. However, the cellular mechanisms involved in tau propagation remain unclear …

Animal models of neurodegenerative disease: Recent advances in fly highlight innovative approaches to drug discovery

JA Tello, HE Williams, RM Eppler… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases represent a formidable challenge to global health. As
advances in other areas of medicine grant healthy living into later decades of life, aging …

Lipid-mediated phase separation of AGO proteins on the ER controls nascent-peptide ubiquitination

Y Gao, Y Zhu, H Wang, Y Cheng, D Zhao, Q Sun… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
AGO/miRNA-mediated gene silencing and ubiquitin-mediated protein quality control
represent two fundamental mechanisms that control proper gene expression. Here, we …

Lactobacillus probiotics improved the gut microbiota profile of a Drosophila melanogaster Alzheimer's disease model and alleviated neurodegeneration in the eye

FHP Tan, G Liu, SYA Lau, MH Jaafar… - Beneficial …, 2020 - wageningenacademic.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive disease and one of the most common forms of
neurodegenerative disorders. Emerging evidence is supporting the use of various strategies …

Stretch-activated ion channel TMEM63B associates with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and progressive neurodegeneration

A Vetro, C Pelorosso, S Balestrini, A Masi… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
By converting physical forces into electrical signals or triggering intracellular cascades,
stretch-activated ion channels allow the cell to respond to osmotic and mechanical stress …

Identification of genomic enhancers through spatial integration of single‐cell transcriptomics and epigenomics

C Bravo González‐Blas, XJ Quan… - Molecular systems …, 2020 - embopress.org
Single‐cell technologies allow measuring chromatin accessibility and gene expression in
each cell, but jointly utilizing both layers to map bona fide gene regulatory networks and …

Drosophila melanogaster “a potential model organism” for identification of pharmacological properties of plants/plant-derived components

K Panchal, AK Tiwari - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Plants/plant-derived components have been used from ancient times to treat/cure several
human diseases. Plants and their parts possess several chemical components that play the …

OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction

KA Wilson, S Bar, EB Dammer, EM Carrera… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dietary restriction (DR) delays aging, but the mechanism remains unclear. We identified
polymorphisms in mtd, the fly homolog of OXR1, which influenced lifespan and mtd …