Fat storage-inducing transmembrane proteins: beyond mediating lipid droplet formation

Abstract Fat storage-inducing transmembrane proteins (FITMs) were initially identified in 2007 as members of a conserved endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident transmembrane protein gene family, and were found to be involved in lipid droplet (LD) formation. Recently, several studies have further demons...

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Main Authors: Gaiping Wang, Anqi Chen, Yu Wu, Danlin Wang, Cuifang Chang, Guoying Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s11658-022-00391-z