Lifespan prolonging mechanisms and insulin upregulation without fat accumulation in long-lived reproductives of a higher termite
Sarah Séité, Mark C. Harrison, David Sillam‐Dussès, Roland Lupoli, Tom J. M. Van Dooren, Alain Robert, Laure‐Anne Poissonnier, Arnaud Lemainque, David Renault, Sébastien Acket, Muriel Andrieu, Jose Abraham Viscarra, Hei Sook Sul, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Erich Bornberg‐Bauer, Mireille Vasseur-Cognet
The paper investigates molecular mechanisms of longevity in termite reproductives, finding upregulated IIS pathway genes without fat accumulation.
Communications Biology · Jan 13, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology