Table 2

Mean volume density of cytoplasm, nuclei, mitochondria and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes


Volume density (μm3/100 μm3 of cell)


Cell type
Cytoplasm
Nuclei
Mitochondria
Lipid droplets

ABALCs
73.17 ± 4.1*
7.88 ± 2.5
4.18 ± 0.58*
14.8 ± 3.9*
Abdominal fat
5.91 ± 1.0*
2.44 ± 1.1
0.71 ± 0.14*
90.9 ± 1.6*

*Significantly different at α = 0.05. One-way ANOVA; Kruskal-Wallis on ranks.

Mezentseva et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:17   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-17