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. 2017 Jul 10;42(1):1-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.06.018.

Lipid Droplets Guard Mitochondria during Autophagy

Till Klecker  1 , Ralf J Braun  2 , Benedikt Westermann  2
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Lipid Droplets Guard Mitochondria during Autophagy

Till Klecker et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

In this issue of Developmental Cell, Nguyen et al. (2017) show that lipid droplets serve a dual purpose during starvation. First, they act as an energy source by supplying fatty acids for mitochondrial β oxidation. Second, they sequester toxic lipids that arise during autophagic degradation of membranous organelles, thereby protecting mitochondria.

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