adipose cell

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adipose cell - cells composed of fat

somatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";

fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"

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A recent study in 3T3-L1 cells proved that PC was able to induce pre-adipose and adipose cell apoptosis.

Apoptosis of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Induced by Liposomal Soybean Phosphatidylcholine Extract

The most abundant adipose cell types are the white adipocytes that contain a single intracellular lipid droplet and localize to specific depots within the body.

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In particular, the adipose microtissues can be used to assess human adipogenesis/preadipocyte differentiation, human adipocyte lipolysis, metabolism and the modulation effects on adipose cell functions derived from treatment with active ingredients, such as food components and additives.

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Over a number of years they have been observing clients show a more youthful appearance as one of the after effects of Adipose cell therapy.

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In decades past, many clinicians were taught in medical school that the adipose cell is a vehicle for energy storage and nothing more.

Introduction: the biology of weight regulation

However, ADSCs represent more than 1% of the adipose cell population, producing at least 100 times more MSCs than those from bone marrow [20].

Molecular Mechanisms of Transdifferentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells into Neural Cells: Current Status and Perspectives

Previous experiments have enabled them to decode a signaling pathway involved in adipose cell maturation and to show that calories in the nutrient medium influence this process.

Microfluidic chip platform grows, studies adipose cells

"Going forward, we want to investigate the environmental factors--particularly the nutrient conditions--that cause different adipose cell types to grow," said biophysicist Matthias Meier.

Microfluidic chip platform grows, studies adipose cells

The beige adipocyte is a type of adipose cell described by the ability to induce these cells to produce heat and increase energy expenditure.

Biology of beige adipocyte and possible therapy for type 2 diabetes and obesity

Under the deal, both firms will jointly conduct a study titled 'Development and Validation of a Human Brown Adipose Cell Model', which will seek to further characterise the identity and metabolic function of these cell lines.