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ReviewThe Journal of cell biology2014

Review: biogenesis of the multifunctional lipid droplet: lipids, proteins, and sites.

Albert Pol, Steven P Gross, Robert G Parton

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Review in The Journal of cell biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 237 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
237citing papers in PubMed
28.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

237 citing papers in PubMed, 456 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Lipid Droplets in Cancer: New Insights and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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177 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Albert PolEquip de Compartiments Cellulars i Senyalització, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Steven P Gross
Robert G Parton
Universitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

In vivo regulation of bi-directional transportR01GM064624 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI GROSS, STEVEN P · 2002 to 2012
$2.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM464624NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064624
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid droplets (LDs) are ubiquitous dynamic organelles that store and supply lipids in all eukaryotic and some prokaryotic cells for energy metabolism, membrane synthesis, and production of essential lipid-derived molecules. Interest in the organelle's cell biology has exponentially increased over the last decade due to the link between LDs and prevalent human diseases and the discovery of new and unexpected functions of LDs. As a result, there has been significant recent progress toward understanding where and how LDs are formed, and the specific lipid pathways that coordinate LD biogenesis.

Indexed as

Lipid MetabolismAnimalsCell MembraneChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsEnergy MetabolismFatty AcidsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMicePhospholipidsFatty AcidsPhospholipids

Identifiers

PMID24590170
PMCPMC3941045
OpenAlexW2138799891

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