An autoradiographic study of new fat cell formation in adipose tissue in adult mice during malnutrition and refeeding.
The renewal of adipose cells in adult mice has been autoradiographically studied. The number of adipose cells was diminished by eighty percent during malnutrition and the same number of adipose cells proliferated during the refeeding stage. The results of our study showed that adipose tissue, which had previously been believed to be stable in cell number, has the capacity for cell proliferation according to changes in nutritional status.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001835:Body Weight; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice