Skeletal Muscle Lipid Droplets and the Athlete’s Paradox

The lipid droplet (LD) is an organelle enveloped by a monolayer phospholipid membrane with a core of neutral lipids, which is conserved from bacteria to humans. The available evidence suggests that the LD is essential to maintaining lipid homeostasis in almost all organisms. As a consequence, LDs al...

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Main Authors: Xuehan Li, Zemin Li, Minghua Zhao, Yingxi Nie, Pingsheng Liu, Yili Zhu, Xuelin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/8/3/249