Perilipins: a diversity of intracellular lipid droplet proteins

Abstract Intracellular lipid droplets (LDs) are found in a wide variety of cell types and have been recognized as organelles with unique spherical structures. Although LDs are not stable lipid-depots, they are active sites of neutral lipid metabolism, and comprise neutral lipid or cholesterol cores...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Itabe, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Satomi Nimura, Naoko Sasabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-017-0473-y