An Overview of Lipid Droplets in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells

• Main Authors: L. Tirinato (Author), F. Pagliari (Author), T. Limongi (Author), M. Marini (Author), A. Falqui (Author), J. Seco (Author), P. Candeloro (Author), C. Liberale (Author), E. Di Fabrizio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For decades, lipid droplets have been considered as the main cellular organelles involved in the fat storage, because of their lipid composition. However, in recent years, some new and totally unexpected roles have been discovered for them: (i) they are active sites for synthesis and storage of infl...