Diet modification and metformin have a beneficial effect in a fly model of obesity and mucormycosis.

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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Main Authors: Fazal Shirazi, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Yuanqing Yan, Nathaniel Albert, Kim-Anh Do, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108635&type=printable
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