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. 2020 Dec 21:9:e64587.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.64587.

Muscle signals to the rescue

Arely V Diaz  1 , Tânia Reis  1
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Muscle signals to the rescue

Arely V Diaz et al. Elife. .

Abstract

The skeletal muscle of fruit flies communicates with other organs to prevent the accumulation of too much fat and to protect adults against obesity.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; PDGF; VEGF; genetics; genomics; hepatocyte; mTOR; myokine; obesity.

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AD, TR No competing interests declared

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  • doi: 10.7554/eLife.56969

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