Coming together to define membrane contact sites

Luca Scorrano (), Maria Antonietta Matteis, Scott Emr, Francesca Giordano (), György Hajnóczky, Benoît Kornmann, Laura L. Lackner, Tim P. Levine, Luca Pellegrini, Karin Reinisch, Rosario Rizzuto, Thomas Simmen, Harald Stenmark, Christian Ungermann and Maya Schuldiner ()
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Luca Scorrano: University of Padua
Maria Antonietta Matteis: Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine
Scott Emr: Cornell University
Francesca Giordano: Paris-Saclay University
György Hajnóczky: Thomas Jefferson University
Benoît Kornmann: University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry
Laura L. Lackner: Northwestern University
Tim P. Levine: UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Luca Pellegrini: Universitè Laval
Karin Reinisch: Yale University School of Medicine
Rosario Rizzuto: University of Padua
Thomas Simmen: Department of Cell Biology
Harald Stenmark: University of Oslo, Montebello
Christian Ungermann: University of Osnabrück
Maya Schuldiner: Weizmann Institute of Science

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Close proximities between organelles have been described for decades. However, only recently a specific field dealing with organelle communication at membrane contact sites has gained wide acceptance, attracting scientists from multiple areas of cell biology. The diversity of approaches warrants a unified vocabulary for the field. Such definitions would facilitate laying the foundations of this field, streamlining communication and resolving semantic controversies. This opinion, written by a panel of experts in the field, aims to provide this burgeoning area with guidelines for the experimental definition and analysis of contact sites. It also includes suggestions on how to operationally and tractably measure and analyze them with the hope of ultimately facilitating knowledge production and dissemination within and outside the field of contact-site research.

Date: 2019
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