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Spatial mapping of hepatic ER and mitochondria architecture reveals zonated remodeling in fasting and obesity
Parlakgül G, Pang S, Artico L, Min N, Cagampan E, Villa R, Goncalves R, Lee G, Xu C, Hotamışlıgil G, Arruda A. Spatial mapping of hepatic ER and mitochondria architecture reveals zonated remodeling in fasting and obesity. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3982. PMID: 38729945, PMCID: PMC11087507, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48272-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumER-mitochondria interactionsSubcellular spatial organizationER-mitochondriaER sheetsNutritional fluctuationsFatty acid oxidationNutrient availabilityHepatic fatty acid oxidationMetabolic flexibilityVolume electron microscopyHepatic ERMitochondriaLiver zonationSpatial organizationAcid oxidationPericentral hepatocytesHepatocytesMolecular architectureRibosomeProtein1ReticulumRemodelingZonationInteraction
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Structure, interaction and nervous connectivity of beta cell primary cilia
Müller A, Klena N, Pang S, Garcia L, Topcheva O, Aurrecoechea Duran S, Sulaymankhil D, Seliskar M, Mziaut H, Schöniger E, Friedland D, Kipke N, Kretschmar S, Münster C, Weitz J, Distler M, Kurth T, Schmidt D, Hess H, Xu C, Pigino G, Solimena M. Structure, interaction and nervous connectivity of beta cell primary cilia. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 9168. PMID: 39448638, PMCID: PMC11502866, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53348-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary ciliaCell's primary ciliumNon-islet cellsPancreatic beta cellsCiliary pocketSensory organellesAxonemal organizationMotility componentsExtrinsic signalsStructural basisBeta cellsCiliaCell typesExpansion microscopyParacrine signalingIslet innervationCellsIsletsBetaAxonemeOrganellesSignalThree-dimensional reconstructionInteraction