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Listeria monocytogenes infection causes metabolic shifts in Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chambers Moria C, Song Kyung Han, Schneider David S
Abstract excerpt
Immunity and metabolism are intimately linked; manipulating metabolism, either through diet or genetics, has the power to alter survival during infection. However, despite metabolism's powerful ability to alter the course of infections, little is known about what being "sick" means metabolically. Here we describe the metabolic changes occurring in a model system when Listeria monocytogenes causes a lethal...
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