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Mean volume and number density of mitochondria and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes |
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| Volume of a single organelle (μm3) |
Number density (per μm2 cell) |
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| Cell type |
Mitochondrion |
Lipid droplet |
Mitochondria |
Lipid droplet |
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| ABALCs |
0.72 ± 0.14 |
1.88 ± 0.4* |
0.076 ± 0.012* |
0.11 ± 0.02* |
| Abdominal fat |
0.52 ± 0.16 |
788 ± 289* |
0.017 ± 0.003* |
0.002 ± 0.0003* |
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*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 |
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