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Sexual identity of enterocytes regulates rapamycin-mediated intestinal homeostasis and lifespan extension
J. C. Regan, Y.-X. Lu, E. Urena…·L. Partridge
This study shows that rapamycin extends lifespan in female Drosophila but not males, due to sex-specific autophagy regulation in intestinal enterocytes.
DOI 10.1101/2021.10.22.465415