Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles that are present in animal cells and contain acid hydrolases. They can be distinguished from endosomes by the lack of mannose-6-phosphate receptors (MPRs ...

Lysosomes -- vital cell organelles -- are enzyme-filled subunits found within many animal cells that help break down and reuse macromolecules, such as proteins, lipids, and nucleotides.

Lysosomes digest excess or worn-out organelles, food particles, and engulf viruses or bacteria. The membrane around a lysosome allows the digestive enzymes to work at the 4.5 pH they require.

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers from Kyushu University, using cultured cells and mice, found that the lipid peroxidation of the lysosomes—the organelle responsible for ...

Scientists have identified a new organelle in liver cells called the mitochondria-lysosome-related organelle (MLRO). This discovery could improve our understanding of chronic liver diseases like ...

In diseases due to exposure to toxic particles like gout, macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal ...

His review of the organelle's changing reputation was published in September's Journal of Cell Biology. As most high schoolers learn, the lysosome carries out waste disposal and recycling.

These are the organelles—the Golgi bodies, the lysosomes, the mitochondria, etc., which each carry out special functions. “This is an underexplored area, because we haven’t had the tools to measure ...