fat cell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fat cell
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Researchers hope that understanding how proteins like HSL regulate fat cell health could eventually lead to more targeted therapies for metabolic disease.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2026
These proteins facilitate many of our body's physiological processes, including gut function, liver and fat cell metabolism, and skin elasticity.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Although they seem to have similar functions, and express many of the same genes as brown fat, they are sufficiently distinct to be considered a new type of fat cell, says Spiegelman.
From Nature ● Apr. 16, 2014
In experimental animals, stimulating norepinephrine receptors triggered brown adipose tissue to release its energy and generate heat, while animals bred to be missing these receptors were unable to mount the same fat cell response.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 1, 2013
A fat cell and a muscle cell are as different as a gas tank and an engine: One stores energy, and one burns it.
From Washington Post
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