Using a staining method for acid phosphatase, de Duve and Novikoff confirmed its location ... we know that lysosomes contain hydrolases that are capable of digesting all kinds of macromolecules.

Thus, by the time the protein achieves its final form ... and immunity as well as membrane recycling. Lysosomes break down and thus disarm many kinds of foreign and potentially pathogenic ...

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National ...

Damaged lysosomes are repaired by a lipid-based signaling pathway ... Tan believes that the two mechanisms have evolved to repair different types of damage, with the ESCRT complex mending small pores ...

Lysosomes are organelles found within nearly all eukaryotic cells and are responsible for breaking down larger molecules such as proteins, fats and carbs. Lysosomal exocytosis occurs when the ...