Obesity and cancer-induced cachexia are linked to an impairment in the ability of muscle to use glucose or lipids interchangeably as energy substrates. Here, the authors propose that Drosophila REPTOR and its mammalian ortholog CREBRF act as key transcriptional regulators of fuel choice in muscle.
- Pedro Saavedra
- Phillip A. Dumesic
- Norbert Perrimon
