Dynamics and functions of lipid droplets

JA Olzmann, P Carvalho - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Lipid droplets are storage organelles at the centre of lipid and energy homeostasis. They
have a unique architecture consisting of a hydrophobic core of neutral lipids, which is …

Lipid droplet biogenesis

TC Walther, J Chung… - Annual review of cell and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) are ubiquitous organelles that store neutral lipids for energy or
membrane synthesis and act as hubs for metabolic processes. Cells generate LDs de novo …

Functional genomic landscape of cancer-intrinsic evasion of killing by T cells

KA Lawson, CM Sousa, X Zhang, E Kim, R Akthar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The genetic circuits that allow cancer cells to evade destruction by the host immune system
remain poorly understood,–. Here, to identify a phenotypically robust core set of genes and …

A conserved family of proteins facilitates nascent lipid droplet budding from the ER

V Choudhary, N Ojha, A Golden, WA Prinz - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) are found in all cells and play critical roles in lipid metabolism. De novo
LD biogenesis occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but is not well understood. We …

[HTML][HTML] The lipid droplet—a well-connected organelle

Q Gao, JM Goodman - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Our knowledge of inter-organellar communication has grown exponentially in recent years.
This review focuses on the interactions that cytoplasmic lipid droplets have with other …

Lipid droplets, lipophagy, and beyond

CW Wang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lipids are essential components for life. Their various structural and physical properties
influence diverse cellular processes and, thereby, human health. Lipids are not genetically …

Mechanisms of lipid droplet biogenesis

KD Chapman, M Aziz, JM Dyer… - Biochemical Journal, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles that compartmentalize nonbilayer-forming lipids in the
aqueous cytoplasm of cells. They are ubiquitous in most organisms, including in animals …

Lipid droplets throughout the evolutionary tree

PK Lundquist, KK Shivaiah… - Progress in Lipid Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Intracellular lipid droplets are utilized for lipid storage and metabolism in organisms as
evolutionarily diverse as animals, fungi, plants, bacteria, and archaea. These lipid droplets …

Fatty acid metabolism and the basis of brown adipose tissue function

M Calderon-Dominguez, JF Mir, R Fucho, M Weber… - Adipocyte, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, leading to severe associated pathologies such
as insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue …

Organelle biogenesis in the endoplasmic reticulum

AS Joshi, H Zhang, WA Prinz - Nature cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Understanding organelle biogenesis is a central focus of cell biology. Whereas some are
generated from existing organelles, others can be generated de novo. Most de novo …