Sleep-dependent clearance of brain lipids by peripheral blood cells
Bumsik Cho, Diane E. Youngstrom, Samantha L. Killiany, Camilo Guevara, Caitlin E. Randolph, Connor H. Beveridge, Pooja Saklani, Gaurav Chopra, Amita Sehgal
The paper shows that sleep in Drosophila allows peripheral hemocytes to clear lipids from the brain, and this process is mediated by the eater receptor.
Nature · Feb 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology