The insect fat body is analogous to vertebrate adipose tissue and liver. In this review, the
new and exciting advancements made in fat body biology in the last decade are …

Lipid metabolism is fundamental to life. In insects, it is critical, during reproduction, flight,
starvation, and diapause. The coordination center for insect lipid metabolism is the fat body …

Triacylglycerol (TAG) is the most important caloric source with respect to energy
homeostasis in animals. In addition to its evolutionarily conserved importance as an energy …

Significant progress has been achieved in silkworm (Bombyx mori) research since the last
review on this insect was published in this journal in 2005. In this article, we review the new …

Diapause, a programmed developmental arrest primarily induced by seasonal
environmental changes, is very common in the animal kingdom, and found in vertebrates …

Ecdysone signaling plays central roles in morphogenesis and female ovarian development
in holometabolous insects. In the European honey bee (Apis mellifera L.), however …

Autophagy is finely regulated at multiple levels and plays crucial roles in development and
disease. In the fat body of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, autophagy occurs and Atg gene …

Holometabolous insects stop feeding at the final larval instar stage and then undergo
metamorphosis; however, the mechanism is unclear. In the present study, using the serious …

Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is known to inhibit adipogenesis, but the molecular
mechanism of this inhibition remains elusive. In the present study, we found that TNFα …

Insulin-like androgenic gland hormone (IAG) produced by androgenic gland (AG) in male
crustaceans is regarded as a key regulator of sex differentiation. As a member of the …