ey0018.11-10 | Mechanism of the year | ESPEYB18
JR Brestoff
, CB Wilen
, JR Moley
, Y Li
, W Zou
, NP Malvin
, MN Rowen
, BT Saunders
, H Ma
, MR Mack
, BL Hykes
, DR Balce
, A Orvedahl
, JW Williams
, N Rohatgi
, X Wang
, MR McAllaster
, SA Handley
, BS Kim
, JG Doench
, BH Zinselmeyer
, MS Diamond
, HW Virgin
, AE Gelman
, SL Teitelbaum
Cell Metab 2021;33(2): 270–282.e8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2020.11.008Brestoff et al. show, for the first time, that mitochondria are transferred from adipocytes to macrophages and that this event has an impact on systemic metabolic homeostasis.Within the last years, it has been demonstrated that cells are able to communicate with each other by the exchange of organell...