Functional Characterization of Preadipocytes Derived from Human Periaortic Adipose Tissue

Figure 1

Histological features and the size of adipocytes from PAT and SAT. (a) PAT and SAT were fixed in 10% formaldehyde and used for morphological analysis and the determination of adipocyte size and capillary number. Immunohistochemistry revealed brown intracytoplasmic precipitates only in the intima marked by von Willebrand factor staining (red arrow). (b) Adipocyte size was determined by analyzing five quadrants in each image by ImageJ software. The capillary number was determined by counting 15 random fields in three different plates at a magnification of 40x. indicates a statistically significant difference in the size of adipocytes from PAT versus SAT.

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