Structure and function of lipid droplet-associated mitochondria in brown adipose tissue

Mitochondria play a central role in lipid metabolism and pathology in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mitochondria have been shown to associate with lipid droplets (LDs) in multiple tissues but the functional role of these peridroplet mitochondria (PDM) is unknown. This work reveals that PDM h...

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Main Author: Benador, Ilan Yaacov
Other Authors: Shirihai, Orian S.
Language:en_US
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32950