Injury and immune stimulation

Intervention

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Protein preference

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  1. Injury and immune stimulation increases protein preference in flies.

    “in old females, injury and immune stimulation reduced protein preference relative to naïve, whereas in old males they increased it.”

    Model organismsInjury and heat-killed Pseudomonas entomophila immune-stimulation conditions, relative to naïve fliesFirst 4 hoursmales

    Acute bacterial challenge in Drosophila reveals age and sex dependent feeding and macronutrient choice without generalised anorexia

    Preprint10 Apr 2026

  2. Injury and immune stimulation decreases protein preference in flies.

    “in old females, injury and immune stimulation reduced protein preference relative to naïve, whereas in old males they increased it.”

    Model organismsInjury and heat-killed Pseudomonas entomophila immune-stimulation conditions, relative to naïve fliesFirst 4 hoursfemales

    Acute bacterial challenge in Drosophila reveals age and sex dependent feeding and macronutrient choice without generalised anorexia

    Preprint10 Apr 2026

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