Adipose tissue regeneration following lipectomy.
Surgical removal of subcutaneous fat depots in weanling rats leads to a regenerative response. If the rats are fed a diet high in fat, adipose mass and adipocyte number are precisely restored within 7 months of surgery. Thus, under appropriate experimental circumstances, compensatory hyperplasia will occur in adipose tissues of the rat.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D009765:Obesity / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D012038:Regeneration
D004041:Dietary Fats