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Tumour-derived Ilp8 and Upd3 control intestinal progenitor cells depletion during cachexia in Drosophila larvae
Jennifer Falconi, Miriam Rodríguez-Vázquez, Katrin Strobel…·Alexandre Djiane
This paper identifies Ilp8 and Upd3 from Drosophila larval tumours as factors that deplete intestinal stem-cell-like cells and disrupt niche organization during cachexia.