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Better to keep in touch: investigating inter‐organelle cross‐talk
Author(s) -
Rossini Michela,
Pizzo Paola,
Filadi Riccardo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.15451
Subject(s) - organelle , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The strategic importance for cellular organelles of being in contact with each other, exchanging messenger molecules, is nowadays well established. Different inter‐organelle cross‐talk pathways finely regulate multiple physiological cellular mechanisms, and their dysregulation has been found to underlie different pathological conditions. In the last years, a great effort has been made to study such organelle interactions, to understand their functional roles within the cell and the molecules involved in their formation and/or modulation. In this contribution, some examples of organelle cross‐talk and their contributions in regulating physiological processes are presented. Moreover, the pro and cons of the available methods for a proper, reliable investigation of membrane contact sites are described.