These microglia then mount an inflammatory response ... More information: Yajuan Li et al, Microglial lipid droplet accumulation in tauopathy brain is regulated by neuronal AMPK, Cell Metabolism ...

These images show microglia containing lipid droplets (white spots). Researchers at UC San Diego have revealed that in brains with Alzheimer’s and related diseases, neurons offload excess lipid ...

Arlt H, Sui X, Folger B, Adams C, Chen X, Remme R, Hamprecht FA, DiMaio F, Liao M, Goodman JM, Farese RV Jr, Walther TC. Seipin forms a flexible cage at lipid droplet formation sites. Nat Struct Mol ...

Oil droplet formation: Oil (yellow) accumulates between the layers of the membrane that forms the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)—a network of membranes within the cytoplasm of plant cells.