a common disease which can progress to inflammation, fibrosis, and liver failure. The team used a mouse model to observe how lipid droplets accumulated in liver cells, a characteristic feature of ...

in particular the mechanisms and physiology of neutral lipid synthesis and storage in lipid droplets. More broadly the lab studies the mechanisms how cells regulate the abundance of lipids, how they ...

"Intriguingly, the inert lipid droplets observed in tauopathy brains ... These microglia then mount an inflammatory response that causes further stress to neurons, triggering a repeating and ...