Concept information
Preferred term
Adipocytes, Brown
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Brown Adipocytes
- Brown Fat Cell
- Brown Fat Cells
- Cell, Brown Fat
- Cells, Brown Fat
- Fat Cell, Brown
- Fat Cells, Brown
Scope note
- Fat cells with dark coloration due to the densely packed MITOCHONDRIA. They contain numerous small lipid droplets or vacuoles. Their stored lipids can be converted directly to energy as heat by the mitochondria.
History note
- 2007
In other languages
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Finnish
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ruskea rasvasolu
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Swedish
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Bruna adipocyter
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052437
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