Adipocyte
Cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat.[1] Adipocytes are derived from mesenchymal stem cells which give rise to adipocytes through adipogenesis. In cell culture, adipocyte progenitors can also form osteoblasts, myocytes and other cell types.
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Latin | adipocytus |
MeSH | D017667 |
TH | H2.00.03.0.01005 |
FMA | 63880 |
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There are two types of adipose tissue, white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), which are also known as white and brown fat, respectively, and comprise two types of fat cells.