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Lydia-Ann L S Harris1, Trevor M Shew1, James R Skinner1, Nathan E Wolins2.
Abstract
Fat droplets (FDs) have important roles in cellular energy regulation. Isolating FDs from either cells or tissue continues to be important for studying these organelles. Here, we describe a procedure wherein whole homogenates of cultured cells or tissue are fractionated with a single centrifugation step in a standard microcentrifuge. This procedure reproducibly yields three fractions highly enriched in either FDs, soluble cellular components, or sedimentable organelles/membranes.Mesh:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22327205 PMCID: PMC3329379 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D023598
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Lipid Res ISSN: 0022-2275 Impact factor: 5.922