adipocyte

[ad-uh-poh-sahyt]

noun

1. fat cell.

adipocyte

/ ˈædɪpəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

1. a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats

Word History and Origins

Origin of adipocyte¹

adipo- + -cyte

Example Sentences

Inside each adipocyte, fat is packed into lipid droplets that can be tapped when fuel is needed -- for example, during the hours between meals.

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They found that these esters inhibited adipogenesis-fat accumulation, specifically at the mitotic clonal expansion stage in 3T3-L1 adipocyte cells.

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The defective gene encodes the adipocyte hormone leptin, and the children do not produce it.

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However, Zeng et al. found that loss of Clstn3b does not affect the expression of genes involved in adipocyte development, thermogenesis or mitochondrial function, including the gene that encodes UCP1.

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Despite the well-documented association between adipocyte hypertrophy and hypoxia, the authors found that intracellular oxygen tension — a measure of the concentration of oxygen in the cell, which is decreased in hypoxia — was higher in Ant2-mutant mice than in controls.

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