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PERILIPIN-dependent control of lipid droplet structure and fat storage in Drosophila.
Cell metabolism - 3 Nov 2010
Beller Mathias, Bulankina Anna V, Hsiao He-Hsuan, Urlaub Henning, Jäckle Herbert, Kühnlein Ronald P
Abstract excerpt
Lipid droplets are intracellular organelles enriched in adipose tissue that govern the body fat stores of animals. In mammals, members of the evolutionarily conserved PERILIPIN protein family are associated with the lipid droplet surface and participate in lipid homeostasis. Here, we show that Drosophila mutants lacking the PERILIPIN PLIN1 are hyperphagic and suffer from adult-onset obesity. PLIN1 is a central...
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