Tensing Up for Lipid Droplet Formation

Aurélien Roux; Robbie Loewith

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.06.001

Tensing Up for Lipid Droplet Formation

Dev Cell. 2017 Jun 19;41(6):571-572. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.06.001.

Authors

Aurélien Roux¹, Robbie Loewith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research Programme Chemical Biology, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Electronic address: aurelien.roux@unige.ch.
² Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research Programme Chemical Biology, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. Electronic address: robbie.loewith@unige.ch.

PMID: 28633010
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.06.001

Abstract

Lipid droplets are fat storage organelles in cells that physically resemble stable oil-water emulsion droplets. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Ben M'barek et al. (2017) show that the resemblance is more than superficial: physical principles governing emulsion stability also control lipid droplet nucleation and growth.

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Emulsions / metabolism*
Humans
Lipid Droplets*
Oils
Water / metabolism*

Substances

Emulsions
Oils
Water