Linking Nutrients to Growth through a Positive Feedback Loop

Rebecca A S Palu; Carl S Thummel

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.10.026

Linking Nutrients to Growth through a Positive Feedback Loop

Dev Cell. 2015 Nov 9;35(3):265-6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.10.026.

Authors

Rebecca A S Palu¹, Carl S Thummel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
² Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: carl.thummel@genetics.utah.edu.

Abstract

In this issue of Developmental Cell, Okamoto and Nishimura (2015) identify a positive feedback loop between neuronal cells that maintains insulin signaling and growth under restricted nutritional conditions.

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Animals
Cholinergic Neurons / metabolism*
Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism*
Insulin / metabolism*
Neuroglia / metabolism*
Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Drosophila Proteins
Insulin
Proteins

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