Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles of cellular lipid storage with fundamental roles in energy metabolism and cell membrane homeostasis. There has been an explosion of research into the biology of LDs, in part due to their relevance in diseases of lipid storage, such as atherosclerosis, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hepatic steatosis. Consequently, there is an increasing need for a resource that combines datasets from systematic analyses of LD biology. Here, we integrate high-confidence, systematically generated human, mouse, and fly data from studies on LDs in the framework of an online platform named the “Lipid Droplet Knowledge Portal” (https://lipiddroplet.org/). This scalable and interactive portal includes comprehensive datasets, across a variety of cell types, for LD biology, including transcriptional profiles of induced lipid storage, organellar proteomics, genome-wide screen phenotypes, and ties to human genetics. This resource is a powerful platform that can be utilized to identify determinants of lipid storage.
FörderungenAramont Fund for Emerging Science Research NIH Margareta af Ugglas Foundation Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation Swedish Research Council ERC-SyG SPHERES Novo Nordisk Foundation Tripartite Immuno-metabolism Consortium MSAM Consortium MeRIAD Consortium CIMED Swedish Diabetes Foundation Strategic Research Program in Diabetes at Karolinska Institutet American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Howard Hughes Medical Institute