title: Lipophagy: selective catabolism designed for lipids.
abstract: Until recently, degradation of lipid droplets (LDs) has been thought to take place in the cytosol by resident lipases. In a recent issue of Nature, Singh and coworkers describe the involvement of selective autophagy in the delivery of lipid droplets for lysosomal degradation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Hilla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weidberg
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shvets
authors.forename: Zvulun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Elazar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D008066:Lipolysis; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice