Site differences in fat cells of New Zealand obese mice--a transplantation study.
Fat cells from the gonadal fat pad of New Zealand obese mice are larger than those from the subcutaneous fat pad. When fat is transplanted to a third, common site (beneath the kidney capsule), this difference in size largely disappears, suggesting it is the location of the fat cells rather than of intrinsic differences between the cells that account for their different sizes.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000098:blood supply / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006066:Gonads / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous