Mitochondrial dysfunction causes an extensive disorganization of the Golgi apparatus leading to impaired trafficking and accumulation of dietary lipids within lipid droplets in enterocytes. (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

Mitochondrial dysfunction causes an extensive disorganization of the Golgi apparatus leading to impaired trafficking and accumulation of dietary lipids within lipid droplets in enterocytes.

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Pictures show small intestinal villi from wild type (top) and enterocyte-specific DARS2 knockout mice (bottom) stained for PLIN2 (yellow), TGN38 (red), E-cadherin (green) and DNA (DAPI, blue).

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Chrysanthi Moschandrea

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