Adipocytes, Brown

"Adipocytes, Brown" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Fat cells with dark coloration due to the densely packed MITOCHONDRIA. They contain numerous small lipid droplets or vacuoles. Their stored lipids can be converted directly to energy as heat by the mitochondria.


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Bar chart showing 13 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012 and 2014 and 2015 and 2020 and 2021
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