[HTML][HTML] Focus: Organelles: Lipid droplets and the management of cellular stress

E Jarc, T Petan - The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lipid droplets are cytosolic fat storage organelles present in most eukaryotic cells. Long
regarded merely as inert fat reservoirs, they are now emerging as major regulators of …

Lipid droplets in cancer: guardians of fat in a stressful world

T Petan, E Jarc, M Jusović - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells possess remarkable abilities to adapt to adverse environmental conditions.
Their survival during severe nutrient and oxidative stress depends on their capacity to …

Reprogramming lipid metabolism prevents effector T cell senescence and enhances tumor immunotherapy

X Liu, CL Hartman, L Li, CJ Albert, F Si, A Gao… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The functional state of T cells is a key determinant for effective antitumor immunity and
immunotherapy. Cellular metabolism, including lipid metabolism, controls T cell …

DGAT1-dependent lipid droplet biogenesis protects mitochondrial function during starvation-induced autophagy

TB Nguyen, SM Louie, JR Daniele, Q Tran, A Dillin… - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) provide an" on-demand" source of fatty acids (FAs) that can be
mobilized in response to fluctuations in nutrient abundance. Surprisingly, the amount of LDs …

The biophysics and cell biology of lipid droplets

AR Thiam, RV Farese Jr, TC Walther - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2013 - nature.com
Lipid droplets are intracellular organelles that are found in most cells, where they have
fundamental roles in metabolism. They function prominently in storing oil-based reserves of …

Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2-mediated lipid droplet production supports colorectal cancer chemoresistance

AK Cotte, V Aires, M Fredon, E Limagne… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Lipid droplet (LD) accumulation is a now well-recognised hallmark of cancer. However, the
significance of LD accumulation in colorectal cancer (CRC) biology is incompletely …

Lipid droplets and cellular lipid metabolism

TC Walther, RV Farese Jr - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Among organelles, lipid droplets (LDs) uniquely constitute a hydrophobic phase in the
aqueous environment of the cytosol. Their hydrophobic core of neutral lipids stores …

The assembly of lipid droplets and their roles in challenged cells

WM Henne, ML Reese, JM Goodman - The EMBO journal, 2018 - embopress.org
Cytoplasmic lipid droplets are important organelles in nearly every eukaryotic and some
prokaryotic cells. Storing and providing energy is their main function, but they do not work in …

Sphingolipid and glycosphingolipid metabolic pathways in the era of sphingolipidomics

AH Merrill Jr - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Much has been made about JLW Thudichum's colorful, and one could say clairvoyant,
naming of sphingosine “in commemoration of the many enigmas which it presented to the …

Not just fat: the structure and function of the lipid droplet

T Fujimoto, RG Parton - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2011 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) are independent organelles that are composed of a lipid ester core and
a surface phospholipid monolayer. Recent studies have revealed many new proteins …