Foriel S, Willems P, Smeitink J, Schenck A, Beyrath J. Mitochondrial diseases: Drosophila melanogaster as a model to evaluate potential therapeutics. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2015 Feb 7. pii: S1357-2725(15)00034-5. PMID: 25666557.
From the abstract: "... mitochondrial diseases comprise a wide range of clinical, biochemical and genetic heterogeneous disorders. ... Despite intense research efforts, patients are still without effective treatment. ... Here, we review existing Drosophila melanogaster models for mitochondrial diseases, with a focus on alterations in oxidative phosphorylation, and discuss the potential of this powerful model organism in the process of drug target discovery."
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