Mincy Kunjumon

Gcn5 and mTORC1 mediated regulation of autophagy controls Drosophila blood cell homeostasis

Blood progenitors are regulated by a variety of systemic and nutritional cues from their environment. In the Drosophila lymph gland (LG), the Posterior Signalling Center (PSC) acts as a stem cell niche striking a balance between progenitors and differentiated blood cells. Autopha...