Cohn concluded that lysosomes functioned as the digestive system of cells by "eating" compounds that enter the cell from the outside, as well as compounds inside the cell. Therefore, lysosomes are ...

What has received less attention is how lysosomes refill their calcium back up. "Part of the problem has been an inability to measure calcium inside the lysosome," said Matthew Zajac, Ph.D., the ...

The ER, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes are all members of a network of membranes, but they are not continuous with one another. Therefore, the membrane lipids and proteins that are synthesized in ...

Damaged lysosomes are repaired by a lipid-based signaling pathway dubbed PITT that could be targeted to treat neurodegenerative disease, its discoverers say. Holly Barker is a freelance journalist ...

The autophagosomes, autolysosomes and lysosomes can be considered as different stages of the cellular recycling process. Therefore, when cells notice they have too much "junk" inside, autophagy ...