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- Title
Cancer metabolism: A waste of insulin interference.
- Authors
Wagner, Erwin F.; Petruzzelli, Michele
- Abstract
The article discusses research done on interference with insulin signalling in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster which induces systemic organ wasting similar to human cachexia. Topics discussed include the systemic metabolic changes in cancer, insulin resistance in cancer patients, and the importance of investigating the metabolic response to cancer.
- Subjects
CACHEXIA; WASTING syndrome; METABOLIC disorders; CANCER research; INSULIN resistance
- Publication
Nature, 2015, Vol 521, Issue 7553, p430
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/521430a