TABLE 1.
Proteomic studies of lipid droplets
| Organisms | References |
| Mammals | |
| Mammalian cells | |
| Fibroblasts | (9, 10) |
| Epithelia | (10–13) |
| Adipocytes | (14, 15) |
| Hepatocytes | (16, 17) |
| Macrophage | (18) |
| Pancreatic β-cell | (19) |
| Skeletal muscle cells | (23) |
| Mammalian tissues | |
| Mammary gland | (20) |
| Liver | (20, 21) |
| White adipose tissue | (22) |
| Skeletal muscle | (23) |
| Plants | |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | (24) |
| Sesamum indicum | (25) |
| Brassica napus | (26–28) |
| Insects | |
| Drosophila melanogaster | (29, 30) |
| Bombyx mori | (31, 32) |
| Manduca sexta | (33) |
| Yeast | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | (34–36) |
| Yarrowia lipolytica | (37) |
| Green algae | |
| Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | (38–40) |
| Bacteria | |
| Rhodococcus sp | (41) |
| Rhodococcus opacus | (42) |
| Rhodococcus ruber | (42) |
| Mycobacterium bovis | (43) |
| Other sources | |
| Coral–dinoflagellate endosymbiosis | (44) |
| Chloroplasts | (45, 46) |
| Chromoplasts | (46) |
| ER lumen | (47) |