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EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 340, Issue 2, Pages 172-179Publisher
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.09.018
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Lipid droplet; Enterocyte; Intestine; Chylomicron; Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein
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Cytosolic lipid droplets (LDs) are observed in enterocytes of jejunum during lipid absorption. One important function of the intestine is to secrete chylomicrons, which provide dietary lipids throughout the body, from digested lipids in meals. The current hypothesis is that cytosolic LDs in enterocytes constitute a transient pool of stored lipids that provides lipids during interprandial period while lowering chylomicron production during the post-prandial phase. This smoothens the magnitude of peaks of hypertriglyceridemia. Here, we review the composition and functions of lipids and associated proteins of enterocyte LDs, the known physiological functions of LDs as well as the role of LDs in pathological processes in the context of the intestine. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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