Diet Modification and Metformin Have a Beneficial Effect in a Fly Model of Obesity and Mucormycosis

In an experimental model of obesity and hyperglycemia in Drosophila melanogaster we studied the effect of diet modification and administration of metformin on systemic infection with Rhizopus, a common cause of mucormycosis in diabetic patients. Female Wt-type Drosophila flies were fed regular (RF)...

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Autores principales: Shirazi, Fazal, Farmakiotis, Dimitrios, Yan, Yuanqing, Albert, Nathaniel, Kim-Anh, Do, Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25268492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108635

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25268492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108635

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