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ArticleNature communications2026

Stress granule phase separation in stress-responsive cytosolic extract-in-oil droplets.

Aline Lieber, Oskar Staufer, Zhaozhi Sun, Ulrike Engel, Charlotte Flory, Nathan Mikhaylenko, Kevin Jahnke, Katja Kopp, Philipp Klein, Sarah Hofmann and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Aline LieberDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7448-1141
Oskar StauferDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering (IMSE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8015-3132
Zhaozhi SunDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ulrike EngelNikon Imaging Center at Heidelberg University and Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6953-6845
Charlotte FloryLeibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5049-6380
Nathan MikhaylenkoINM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Kevin JahnkeDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering (IMSE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7311-6993
Katja KoppDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8812-8815
Philipp KleinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sarah HofmannBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Initiative for RNA Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6115-5239
Oliver T FacklerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Integrative Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2982-4209
Pavel IvanovBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Initiative for RNA Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-7760
Ilia PlatzmanDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering (IMSE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Pietro ScaturroLeibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9098-3087
Joachim P SpatzDepartment for Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany; Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering (IMSE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Alessia RuggieriDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID), Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. alessia.ruggieri@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9981-3308

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 240245660 TP13NIH National Institutes of Health R01-GM146997the National Institutes of Health NIH R01-GM126150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress granules (SGs) are biomolecular condensates that form transiently in the cytosol of mammalian cells in response to stress. Dysregulation of their assembly or disassembly is implicated in human age-related diseases. While phase separation is the key process underlying SG assembly, understanding of their function, composition and regulation in response to physiological stimuli is limited. This knowledge gap reflects the challenge of gaining comprehensive and quantitative insights into the dynamic regulation of the complex composition of SGs at the single-cell level. Here we present an emulsion-based microfluidics method to overcome this limitation. "Cytosolic extracts-in-oil droplets" (CEODs) recreate a confined active cytosolic milieu that undergoes phase separation and SG formation in response to stress under physiological conditions. This approach led to the discovery of seven previously unrecognised SG components involved in signalling pathways. CEODs provide a versatile and cost-effective screening platform for future mechanistic and therapeutic studies.

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CytosolLipid DropletsStress GranulesStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsEmulsionsHeLa CellsHumansMicrofluidicsPhase SeparationSignal TransductionEmulsions

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PMID42248842
PMCPMC13241516

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