Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34777688›Full record

ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2021

A Decade of Mighty Lipophagy: What We Know and What Facts We Need to Know?

Muhammad Babar Khawar, Muddasir Hassan Abbasi, Mussarat Rafiq, Naila Naz, Rabia Mehmood, Nadeem Sheikh

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Role of Sigmar1 in Autophagy Regulation and Disease Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  2. Functional role of autophagy in testicular and ovarian steroidogenesis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Autophagy and SARS-CoV-2-Old Players in New Games.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
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

6 authors.

Muhammad Babar KhawarMolecular Medicine and Cancer Therapeutics Lab, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-0591
Muddasir Hassan AbbasiDepartment of Zoology, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-7013
Mussarat RafiqCell & Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Q-A- Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0300-5339
Naila NazDivision of cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-0250
Rabia MehmoodCell & Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Q-A- Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9356-2787
Nadeem SheikhCell & Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Q-A- Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-9538

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipids are integral cellular components that act as substrates for energy provision, signaling molecules, and essential constituents of biological membranes along with a variety of other biological functions. Despite their significance, lipid accumulation may result in lipotoxicity, impair autophagy, and lysosomal function that may lead to certain diseases and metabolic syndromes like obesity and even cell death. Therefore, these lipids are continuously recycled and redistributed by the process of selective autophagy specifically termed as lipophagy. This selective form of autophagy employs lysosomes for the maintenance of cellular lipid homeostasis. In this review, we have reviewed the current literature about how lipid droplets (LDs) are recruited towards lysosomes, cross-talk between a variety of autophagy receptors present on LD surface and lysosomes, and lipid hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes. In addition to it, we have tried to answer most of the possible questions related to lipophagy regulation at different levels. Moreover, in the last part of this review, we have discussed some of the pathological states due to the accumulation of these LDs and their possible treatments under the light of currently available findings.

Indexed as

AutophagyLipid MetabolismAnimalsHumansLipid DropletsMetabolic SyndromeObesity

Identifiers

PMID34777688
PMCPMC8589519

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.