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Drosophila insulin pathway mutants affect visual physiology and brain function besides growth, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism.
Diabetes - 1 May 2011
Murillo-Maldonado Juan M, Sánchez-Chávez Gustavo, Salgado Luis M, Salceda Rocío, Riesgo-Escovar Juan R
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OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes worldwide. Some of its complications, such as retinopathy and neuropathy, are long-term and protracted, with an unclear etiology. Given this problem, genetic model systems, such as in flies where type 2 diabetes can be modeled and studied, offer distinct advantages. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used individual flies in experiments: control and...
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