Hormonal regulation of the differentiation of rat adipocyte precursor cells in primary culture.

A reproducible cell culture system is described that allows the study of adipose conversion in fibroblast-like cells isolated by collagenase digestion of epididymal and perirenal adipose tissue from male rats weighing 70-200 g. Adipose conversion as measured by lipid accumulation and increase in gly...

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Main Authors: O Wiederer, G Löffler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1987-06-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520386569