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Adipocytes

"Adipocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Cells in the body that store FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. WHITE ADIPOCYTES are the predominant type and found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue. BROWN ADIPOCYTES are thermogenic cells that can be found in newborns of some species and hibernating mammals.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adipocytes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adipocytes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 32 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2017 and 2020
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