The Marginal Cells of the Caenorhabditis elegans Pharynx Scavenge Cholesterol and Other Hydrophobic Small Molecules
Muntasir Kamal, Houtan Moshiri, Lilia Magomedova, Duhyun Han, Ken C. Q. Nguyen, May Yeo, Jessica J. Knox, Rachel Bagg, Amy M. Won, Karolina Szlapa, Christopher M. Yip, Carolyn L. Cummins, David H. Hall, Peter John Roy
The paper identifies marginal cells in C. elegans pharynx as a sink for hydrophobic small molecules through sphingomyelin synthesis and cholesterol absorption.
Nature Communications · Sep 2, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology