Table 3

Mean volume and number density of mitochondria and lipid droplets in ABALCs and white fat adipocytes


Volume of a single organelle (μm3)
Number density (per μm2 cell)


Cell type
Mitochondrion
Lipid droplet
Mitochondria
Lipid droplet

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*

*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