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SUBMITTER: Xu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407891 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Pengfei P Li Jiao J Liu Jin J Wang Jing J Wu Zekai Z Zhang Xiaotian X Zhai Yonggong Y
FEBS open bio 20170309 5
Lipid-filled mature adipocytes are important for the study of lipid metabolism and in the development of obesity, but whether they are capable of reproliferation is still controversial. Here, we monitored lipid droplet dynamics and adipocyte reproliferation in live, differentiated 3T3-L1 cells using a phase-contrast microscope in real time. Phase-contrast microscopy achieves a similar visual effect <i>in situ</i> to that obtained using traditional dyes such as Oil Red O and BODIPY <i>in vitro</i ...[more]