Adipocytes can be classified into three types; white, brown and beige. White adipocytes are unilocular, or single-cavity fat droplets. They are involved in storing fat, producing hormones that ...

All eukaryotes -- organisms whose cells contain a nucleus -- can store fat in the form of lipid droplets, but only those organisms with a backbone -- vertebrates -- have adipocytes. Consider yourself ...

Adipose tissue, or fat, is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes ... In mammals, two types of adipose tissue exist: white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose ...

To reach this conclusion, Marcelo Mori, a professor at UNICAMP’s Institute of Biology and one of the leaders of the study, infected in the laboratory two types of adipocytes (fat cells): one ...

Adipocyte dysfunction is directly associated with pathologies characterized by metabolic disorders including obesity, diabetes mellitus type II and metabolic syndrome.

In insulin-sensitive states, insulin stimulates glucose uptake in adipocytes through the GLUT4 glucose transporter. In obesity and type 2 diabetes, GLUT4 expression is decreased in adipocytes.

It was not known that adipocytes could produce antimicrobials ... multi-tiered and involves numerous cell types, culminating in the arrival of neutrophils and monocytes, specialized cells that ...