Drosophila as a model for understanding obesity and diabetic complications

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22402943

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Drosophila: A Model for Understanding Obesity and Diabetic Complications.

Teleman AA, Ratzenböck I, Oldham S.

Source

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying development of obesity and diabetic complications are not well understood. Drosophila has become a popular model organism for studying a variety of human diseases. We discuss here emerging Drosophila models of obesity and diabetic complications.