Both overlapping and independent mechanisms determine how diet and insulin-ligand knockouts extend lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract Lifespan in many organisms, including Drosophila melanogaster, can be increased by reduced insulin-IGF-like signaling (IIS) or by changes in diet. Most studies testing whether IIS is involved in diet-mediated lifespan extension employ only a few diets, but recent data shows that a broad ran...

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Main Authors: Jelle Zandveld, Joost van den Heuvel, Bastiaan J. Zwaan, Matthew D.W. Piper
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/04e7197a959a4b37b839507462b5f7f3
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