Damaged lysosomes, the principal degradative organelles, can kill a cell. A stress-induced protein controls lysosome stability, providing a potential target to treat lysosome-related diseases and cancer.
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Horváth, I., Vígh, L. Stability in times of stress. Nature 463, 436–438 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463436a
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