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The Fate of Fat Cells During Breastfeeding
- sangwoo74
- 2018년 12월 21일
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Infographic: The Fate of Fat Cells During Breastfeeding
See how the cells accommodate milk production in mouse mammary tissue.
Dec 1, 2018
KERRY GRENS
(https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/infographic--the-fate-of-fat-cells-during-breastfeeding-65137)
Before pregnancy, mouse mammary tissue contains large fat cells filled with lipids. To follow the adipocytes’ fate through lactation, researchers stained them blue:
During breastfeeding, these labeled cells lose their lipids and shrink dramatically. They also show signs of reprogramming to a precursor state:
After lactation, when milk-producing cells die off in a process called involution, these same blue cells fill back up with lipids and redifferentiate into adipocytes:
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