Fly Models of Human Diseases

Leslie PIck, Entomology Department, University of Maryland, USA

• 1. Fly Models of Human Diseases: Drosophila as a Model for Understanding Human Mitochondrial Mutations and DiseaseAditya Sen and Rachel T. Cox2. Drosophila as a Model for Human Diseases - Focus on Innate Immunity in Barrier EpitheliaPeter Bergman, Shiva Seyedoleslami Esfahani and Ylva Engström3. Drosophila melanogaster as a Model of Muscle Degeneration Disorders Rebecca E. Kreipke, Young V. Kwon, Halyna R. Shcherbata and Hannele Ruohola-Baker4. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathogenesis Converges on Defects in Protein Homeostasis Associated with TDP-43 Mislocalization and Proteasome-Mediated Degradation Overload Guang Lin, Dongxue Mao and Hugo J. Bellen5. Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease: Lessons from DrosophilaVictoria L. Hewitt and Alexander J. Whitworth6. Neurotoxicity Pathways in Drosophila Models of the Polyglutamine DisordersMegan Krench and J. Troy Littleton7. AxGxE: Using Flies to Interrogate the Complex Etiology of Neurodegenerative DiseaseChristopher Burke, Kien Trinh, Vidya Nadar and Subhabrata Sanyal8. Unraveling the Neurobiology of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Using DrosophilaLeela Chakravarti, Emilia H. Moscato and Matthew S. Kayser9. Modeling Human Cancers in DrosophilaMasahiro Sonoshita and Ross L. Cagan10. Stem-Cell-Based Tumorigenesis in Adult DrosophilaSteven X. Hou and Shree Ram Singh11. The Drosophila Accessory Gland as a Model for Prostate Cancer and Other PathologiesClive Wilson, Aaron Leiblich, Deborah C. I. Goberdhan and Freddie Hamdy12. Drosophila melanogaster Models of Galactosemia Jennifer M. I. Daenzer and Judith L Fridovich-Keil13. Drosophila as a Model for Diabetes and Diseases of Insulin ResistancePatricia Graham and Leslie Pick