Perspectives on Adipose Tissue, Chagas Disease and Implications for the Metabolic Syndrome

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(a)–(d) Scanning electron micrograph of trypomastigotes of T. cruzi invading adipocyte. (e) A transmission electron micrograph of an uninfected adipocyte. (f)–(h) Electron micrographs of infected adipocytes. The parasites (arrows) are in close proximity to the lipid droplets (with permission of the Journal of Biological Chemistry).

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