Making the connection: How membrane contact sites have changed our view of organelle biology. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38242082/)

These scientists wanted to learn more about how different parts of a cell work together. In the past, scientists thought that each part of the cell did its own thing and only connected with other parts when needed. But now we know that all the parts of the cell actually have special places where they can touch and communicate with each other. These places are called membrane contact sites.

The scientists studied these contact sites because they realized that they are really important for the cell to stay healthy and work properly. They found out that contact sites help with things like sending signals inside the cell, breaking down fats, moving things around in the cell, dividing the cell, and creating new parts of the cell.

So, the scientists wrote a summary to explain all the new things we have learned about cell biology because of these contact sites. They showed how important it is for the different parts of the cell to work together and how the contact sites help them do that.

Voeltz GK., Sawyer EM., Hajnoczky G., Prinz WA. Making the connection: How membrane contact sites have changed our view of organelle biology. Cell. 2024 Jan 18;187(2):257-270. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.11.040.