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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

The evolving landscape of ER-LD contact sites.

Akhil Kumar, Surabhi Yadav, Vineet Choudhary

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Immune responses in aging adults.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  4. Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  6. The ATG14: multi-layer autophagy control and an emerging therapeutic target in cancer.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  9. Porcine SCD1 Regulates Lipid Droplet Number via CLSTN3B in PK15 Cells.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Akhil KumarDepartment of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Surabhi YadavDepartment of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Vineet ChoudharyDepartment of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/I/20/2/505191Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid droplets (LDs) are evolutionarily conserved dynamic organelles that play an important role in cellular physiology. Growing evidence suggests that LD biogenesis occurs at discrete endoplasmic reticulum (ER) subdomains demarcated by the lipodystrophy protein, Seipin, lack of which impairs adipogenesis. However, the mechanisms of how these domains are selected is not completely known. These ER sites undergo ordered assembly of proteins and lipids to initiate LD biogenesis and facilitate establishment of ER-LD contact sites, a prerequisite for proper growth and maturation of droplets. LDs retain both physical and functional association with the ER throughout their lifecycle to facilitate bi-directional communication, such as exchange of proteins and lipids between the two organelles at these ER-LD contact sites. In recent years several molecular tethers have been identified that bridge ER and LDs together including few proteins that are found exclusively at these ER-LD contact interface. Here, we discuss recent advances in understanding the role of factors that ensure functionality of ER-LD contact site machinery for LD homeostasis.

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ER-LD contact sitefatty acidslipid dropletslipid storage disorderslipotoxicityneutral lipid storageorganelle biogenesisseipin

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PMID39421023
PMCPMC11484260

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