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ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2017

Lipid Droplet Biogenesis.

Tobias C Walther, Jeeyun Chung, Robert V Farese

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Review in Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 421 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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421citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

421 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  17. Lipid metabolism, microglia, and stroke.Neural regeneration research · 2026
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  19. Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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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.

Tobias C WaltherDepartment of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; email: twalther@hsph.harvard.edu , Robert@hsph.harvard.edu.
Jeeyun ChungDepartment of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; email: twalther@hsph.harvard.edu , Robert@hsph.harvard.edu.
Robert V FareseDepartment of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; email: twalther@hsph.harvard.edu , Robert@hsph.harvard.edu.

Funding

ROLE OF DGAT IN TRIACYLGLYCEROL METABOLISMR01DK056084 · NIDDK · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI FARESE, ROBERT V · 2000 to 2014
$6.4M
Mechanisms of Lipid Droplet Protein TargetingR01GM097194 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WALTHER, TOBIAS C · 2011 to 2024
$4.9M
Physiology of Lipid Droplets and Triglyceride StorageR01DK101579 · NIDDK · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI FARESE, ROBERT V · 2014 to 2018
$2.6M
Cellular Functions of Plasma Membrane Organization by EisosomesR01GM095982 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WALTHER, TOBIAS C · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056084NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101579NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095982NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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, converting cells to emulsions with LDs constituting the dispersed oil phase in the aqueous cytoplasm. Here we review our current view of LD biogenesis. We present a model of LD formation from the ER in distinct steps and highlight the biology of proteins that govern this biophysical process. Areas of incomplete knowledge are identified, as are connections with physiology and diseases linked to alterations in LD biology.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaHumansLipid DropletsModels, BiologicalProteinsTriglyceridesProteinsTriglyceridesbiogenesisendoplasmic reticulumlipid dropletsneutral lipidsseipinsterol esterstriacylglyceroltriglycerides

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PMID28793795
PMCPMC6986389

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