There are two main classes of hormones in insects: 1) the true hormones produced by
epithelial glands and belonging to the ecdysteroids or juvenile hormones and 2) the …

Although the genetic basis of many kidney diseases is being rapidly elucidated, their
experimental study remains problematic owing to the lack of suitable models. The fruitfly …

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants found in marine, freshwater and terrestrial
ecosystems. With so many MPs in aquatic systems, it is inevitable that they will be ingested …

High-sugar diets cause thirst, obesity, and metabolic dysregulation, leading to diseases
including type 2 diabetes and shortened lifespan. However, the impact of obesity and water …

Water is essential to life. Terrestrial insects lose water by evaporation from the body surface
and respiratory surfaces, as well as in the excretory products, posing a challenge made …

Recent advances in single-cell sequencing provide a unique opportunity to gain novel
insights into the diversity, lineage, and functions of cell types constituting a tissue/organ …

Proton‐translocating, vacuolar‐type ATPases, well known energizers of eukaryotic, vacuolar
membranes, now emerge as energizers of many plasma membranes. Just as Na+ gradients …

Background Comprehensive, tissue-specific, microarray analysis is a potent tool for the
identification of tightly defined expression patterns that might be missed in whole-organism …

Microelectrode measurements of basal, apical and transepithelial potentials in the
Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster were obtained under a range of conditions …

Microplastics (MPs) continue to proliferate and pollute aquatic and terrestrial environments
globally. The impacts of MP pollution on ecosystems and their functioning remain poorly …