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• Defensive-lipid droplets: Cellular organelles designed for antimicrobial immunity

  Safi, R; Bosch, M; Pol, A; Sánchez-Alvarez, M; Demangel, C;

  Parton, RG.

  Reference:

  Immunological Reviews 2023.

• Early proteostasis of caveolins synchronizes trafficking, degradation, and oligomerization to prevent toxic aggregation

  Morales-Paytuvi, Frederic; Fajardo, Alba; Ruiz-Mirapeix, Carles; Rae, James; Tebar, Francesc;

  Bosch, Marta; Enrich, Carlos; Collins, Brett M; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

  Reference:

  Journal Of Cell Biology 2023.

• Eukaryotic lipid droplets: metabolic hubs, and immune first responders

  Bosch, M; Pol, A;

  Reference:

  Trends In Endocrinology And Metabolism 2022.

• Lipid droplets and the host-pathogen dynamic: FATal attraction?

  Bosch, M; Pol, A; Sweet, MJ; Parton, RG;

  Reference:

  Journal Of Cell Biology 2021.

• Mammalian lipid droplets are innate immune hubs integrating cell metabolism and host defense

  Bosch, Marta; Sanchez-Alvarez, Miguel; Fajardo, Alba; Kapetanovic, Ronan; Steiner, Bernhard;

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  Gross, Steven P; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference:

  Science 2020.

• AMPK activation promotes lipid droplet dispersion on detyrosinated microtubules to increase mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation

  Herms, Albert; Bosch, Marta; Reddy, Babu J N; Schieber, Nicole L; Fajardo, Alba;

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  Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Parton, Robert G; Gross, Steven P; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference:

  Nature Communications 2015.

• Review: biogenesis of the multifunctional lipid droplet: lipids, proteins, and sites

  Pol, Albert; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G;

  Reference:

  Journal Of Cell Biology 2014.

• Acyl-CoA synthetase 3 promotes lipid droplet biogenesis in ER microdomains.

  Kassan, Adam; Herms, Albert; Fernandez-Vidal, Andrea; Bosch, Marta; Schieber, Nicole L;

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  Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Gross, Steven P; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

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  Reference:

  Journal Of Cell Biology 2013.

• Caveolin-1 is essential for liver regeneration

  Fernandez, Manuel A; Albor, Cecilia; Ingelmo-Torres, Mercedes; Nixon, Susan J; Ferguson, Charles;

  Kurzchalia, Teymuras; Tebar, Francesc; Enrich, Carlos; Parton, Robert G; Pol, Albert.

  Reference:

  Science 2006.

• A caveolin dominant negative mutant associates with lipid bodies and induces intracellular cholesterol imbalance.

  Pol A; Luetterforst R; Lindsay M; Heino S; Ikonen E;

  Parton RG .

  Reference:

  Journal Of Cell Biology 2001.