Microscopy tools for the investigation of intracellular lipid storage and dynamics

Background: Excess storage of lipids in ectopic tissues, such as skeletal muscle, liver, and heart, seems to associate closely with metabolic abnormalities and cardiac disease. Intracellular lipid storage occurs in lipid droplets, which have gained attention as active organelles in cellular metaboli...

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Main Authors: Sabine Daemen, Marc A.M.J. van Zandvoort, Sapun H. Parekh, Matthijs K.C. Hesselink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877815002355