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Using mouse and Drosophila models to investigate the mechanistic links between diet, obesity, type II diabetes, and cancer
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Warr, CG and Shaw, KH and Azim, A and Piper, MDW and Parsons, LM, Using mouse and Drosophila models to investigate the mechanistic links between diet, obesity, type II diabetes, and cancer, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, (12) Article 4110. ISSN 1661-6596 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Many of the links between diet and cancer are controversial and over simplified. To date,
human epidemiological studies consistently reveal that patients who suffer diet-related obesity
and/or type II diabetes have an increased risk of cancer, suffer more aggressive cancers, and respond
poorly to current therapies. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that increase cancer
risk and decrease the response to cancer therapies in these patients remain largely unknown. Here,
we review studies in mouse cancer models in which either dietary or genetic manipulation has been
used to model obesity and/or type II diabetes. These studies demonstrate an emerging role for the
conserved insulin and insulin-like growth factor signaling pathways as links between diet and cancer
progression. However, these models are time consuming to develop and expensive to maintain.
As the world faces an epidemic of obesity and type II diabetes we argue that the development of novel
animal models is urgently required. We make the case for Drosophila as providing an unparalleled
opportunity to combine dietary manipulation with models of human metabolic disease and cancer.
Thus, combining diet and cancer models in Drosophila can rapidly and significantly advance our
understanding of the conserved molecular mechanisms that link diet and diet-related metabolic
disorders to poor cancer patient prognosis.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | cancer, diet, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus, Drosophila |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Genetics |
| Research Field: | Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Warr, CG (Professor Coral Warr) |
| ID Code: | 131311 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 16 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2019-03-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-12-03 |
| Downloads: | 18 View Download Statistics |
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