Insight into Lipid Droplets
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1327
Special Issue Editor
2. Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Interests: lipid droplet biology; lipid metabolism; cancer cachexia; cancer metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lipid droplets (LDs) are unique intracellular organelles that contain a neutral lipid core encased with a monolayer of phospholipid and binding proteins. LDs were long-thought to be inert energy storage reservoirs, yet have been discovered be active, dynamic and closely contacted with other organelles, which enable LDs play critical roles in lipid metabolism. LDs have been found to be closely associated with various diseases such as obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, etc. As the knowledge of LD biology is accumulating, a better understanding of the biogenesis, growth and utilization of LDs makes it more feasible to target LDs to treat certain diseases.
This Special Issue will examine the biogenesis and growth of LDs; interactions between LDs and other organelles; identification and functions of novel LD proteins; methods to isolate and examine LDs; role of LDs in metabolic diseases; targeting LDs for pharmacological therapies; application of LDs in drug delivery.
Dr. Jinhai Yu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lipid droplet
- lipid droplet protein
- lipid droplet biogenesis
- lipid droplet growth
- lipid droplet degradation
- lipid droplet–organelle interaction
- lipid metabolism
- lipid-metabolism-related diseases
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