Fly Models of Human Diseases

Content: 
Series PagePage ii
CopyrightPage iv
ContributorsPages xi-xiii
PrefacePages xv-xixLeslie Pick
Chapter One - Fly Models of Human Diseases: Drosophila as a Model for Understanding Human Mitochondrial Mutations and DiseasePages 1-27A. Sen, R.T. Cox
Chapter Two - Drosophila as a Model for Human Diseases—Focus on Innate Immunity in Barrier EpitheliaPages 29-81P. Bergman, S. Seyedoleslami Esfahani, Y. Engström
Chapter Three - Drosophila melanogaster as a Model of Muscle Degeneration DisordersPages 83-109R.E. Kreipke, Y.V. Kwon, H.R. Shcherbata, H. Ruohola-Baker
Chapter Four - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathogenesis Converges on Defects in Protein Homeostasis Associated with TDP-43 Mislocalization and Proteasome-Mediated Degradation OverloadPages 111-171G. Lin, D. Mao, H.J. Bellen
Chapter Five - Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease: Lessons from DrosophilaPages 173-200V.L. Hewitt, A.J. Whitworth
Chapter Six - Neurotoxicity Pathways in Drosophila Models of the Polyglutamine DisordersPages 201-223M. Krench, J.T. Littleton
Chapter Seven - AxGxE: Using Flies to Interrogate the Complex Etiology of Neurodegenerative DiseasePages 225-251C. Burke, K. Trinh, V. Nadar, S. Sanyal
Chapter Eight - Unraveling the Neurobiology of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Using DrosophilaPages 253-285L. Chakravarti, E.H. Moscato, M.S. Kayser
Chapter Nine - Modeling Human Cancers in DrosophilaPages 287-309M. Sonoshita, R.L. Cagan
Chapter Ten - Stem-Cell-Based Tumorigenesis in Adult DrosophilaPages 311-337S.X. Hou, S.R. Singh
Chapter Eleven - The Drosophila Accessory Gland as a Model for Prostate Cancer and Other PathologiesPages 339-375C. Wilson, A. Leiblich, D.C.I. Goberdhan, F. Hamdy
Chapter Twelve - Drosophila melanogaster Models of GalactosemiaPages 377-395J.M.I. Daenzer, J.L. Fridovich-Keil
Chapter Thirteen - Drosophila as a Model for Diabetes and Diseases of Insulin ResistancePages 397-419P. Graham, L. Pick
IndexPages 421-433