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    energy as fat. Adipocytes are derived from mesenchymal stem cells which give rise to adipocytes through adipogenesis. In cell culture, adipocyte progenitors...
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    body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. It also contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including...
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    deposits. The second develops from white adipocytes that are stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system. These adipocytes are found interspersed in white adipose...
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    mobilize stored energy during fasting or exercise, and usually occurs in fat adipocytes. The most important regulatory hormone in lipolysis is insulin; lipolysis...
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    aP2 (adipocyte Protein 2) is a carrier protein for fatty acids that is primarily expressed in adipocytes and macrophages. aP2 is also called fatty acid...
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    conditions, the cells differentiate into an adipocyte-like phenotype, providing an exemplar model for white adipocytes. 3T3-L1 cells can be utilized to study...
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    Adipogenesis is the formation of adipocytes (fat cells) from stem cells. It involves 2 phases, determination, and terminal differentiation. Determination...
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    (LDs) in adipocytes, the fat-storing cells in adipose tissue. In fact, PLIN1 is greatly expressed in white adipocytes. It controls adipocyte lipid metabolism...
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    Adipocyte Enhancer-Binding Protein is a zinc finger protein that in humans is encoded by the evolutionarily well-conserved gene AEBP2. It was initially...
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  • PPARy2 in OP9 cells confirm their adipocyte differentiation potential. In addition, OP9 cells can express adipocyte late marker proteins, including glucose...
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    agents such as bisphosphonates, teriparatide, and metformin. Bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds) originate from mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) progenitors that also...
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    sebaceous gland, (4) Arrector pili muscle, (5) dermis, (6) hair follicle, (7) sweat gland. Not labeled, the bottom layer: hypodermis, showing round adipocytes...
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    differentiated from adipocyte-like cells by their cytoplasm and nucleus; ballooned cells have their nucleus in the centre (unlike adipocyte-like cells, which...
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    homeostasis. These include fatty acid uptake, storage, and oxidation. In adipocytes, A-FABP is involved in the storage of fatty acids as triglycerides, while...
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    brown adipose tissue. White adipose tissue is composed of monolocular adipocytes. In humans, the healthy amount of white adipose tissue varies with age...
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    (bone cells), chondrocytes (cartilage cells), myocytes (muscle cells) and adipocytes (fat cells which give rise to marrow adipose tissue). Mesenchymal stem...
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    chronic inflammation. IL-6 Cytokine and Myokine Macrophages, osteoblasts, adipocytes, and smooth muscle cells (cytokine) Skeletal muscle cells (myokine) Pro-inflammatory...
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    Benedikt; et al. (2016). "Quantitative assessment of adipocyte differentiation in cell culture". Adipocyte. 5 (4): 351–358. doi:10.1080/21623945.2016.1240137...
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    biomarker to identify diabetes in young Asian-American population is adipocyte fatty acid binding protein that has a strong association with insulin...
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    lipogenesis, and triglyceride synthesis, inhibition of adipocyte lipogenesis, inhibition of adipocyte lipolysis, and modulation of insulin secretion by pancreatic...
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  • tissue occurs mostly by increases in the size of adipocytes, not by increases in the number of adipocytes. Hypertrophy may be caused by mechanical signals...
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  • Resident Fibroblast Fibrocyte Reticular cell Tendon cell Adipocyte Melanocyte Wandering cells Mast cell Macrophage...
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    corrects contour defects of the breast hemisphere with grafts of the adipocyte fat tissue, drawn from the person's body. In a breast reconstruction procedure...
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    panniculus carnosus. The main cellular component of this tissue is the adipocyte, or fat cell. The structure of this tissue is composed of septal (i.e...
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    lipids by blocking a signal transduction pathway that normally supports adipocyte function. Also, androgens, but not estrogens, increase beta adrenergic...
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  • adenotyphus adip- of or relating to fat or fatty tissue Latin adeps, adip-, fat adipocyte adren- of or relating to the adrenal glands Latin ad + rēnēs, kidneys...
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    secreted by the pituitary gland are peptide hormones, as are leptin from adipocytes, ghrelin from the stomach, and insulin from the pancreas.[citation needed]...
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    tissue and elastin. The main cell types are fibroblasts, macrophages and adipocytes (subcutaneous tissue contains 50% of body fat). Fat serves as padding...
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    mesenchymal stem cells that under different conditions can differentiate into adipocytes, fibroblasts or osteocytes. Also shown are pericytes situated on the outer...
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    subtypes or forms. Liposarcomas arise from the precursor lipoblasts of the adipocytes (i.e. fat cells) in adipose (i.e. fat) tissues. Adipose tissues are distributed...
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