title: The contribution of a fat cell pool to adipose tissue cellularity.
abstract: The possible role of fat cell precursor differentiation and contribution to total adipose cellularity in the genetically obese Zucker fa/fa and non-obese Fa/-rat is reported. The study demonstrates that there is no difference in adipocyte precursor growth characteristics under normal culture conditions between genotypes. However, it is shown that there is a significantly larger fat cell pool maintained in the adult fa/fa epididymal adipose tissue, when compared to their lean littermates. The question as to the identity of the adipocyte precursor in the fat cell pool is addressed.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity; D051381:Rats; D011922:Rats, Mutant Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011924:Rats, Zucker / Q000033:anatomy & histology*