title: Linking Nutrients to Growth through a Positive Feedback Loop.
abstract: In this issue of Developmental Cell, Okamoto and Nishimura (2015) identify a positive feedback loop between neuronal cells that maintains insulin signaling and growth under restricted nutritional conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca A S
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Palu
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: carl.thummel@genetics.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Carl S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Thummel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059329:Cholinergic Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D011506:Proteins