Table 2 Characteristics of adipose tissues in the rats fed normal diet
Item | EAT | PAT | WAT | BAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Color | white | white | white | brown |
Quantity | meager | less abundant | abundant | meager |
Vascular system | + | + | + | +++ |
Cell morphology | large unilocular cell | large unilocular cell | large unilocular cell | small multilocular cells |
nucleus | round and eccentric | round and eccentric | round and eccentric | flat and central |
Mitochondria number | meager | meager | meager | abundant |
Mitochondria cristae | meager | meager | meager | abundant |
Dpt | +++ | ++++ | ++++ | + |
Hoxc9 | +++ | ++++ | ++++ | + |
Igfbp3 | +++ | +++ | +++ | + |
UCP1 | ++ | + | + | ++++ |
PGC-1α | ++ | + | + | ++++ |
Dio2 | + | + | + | +++ |
C/EBPβ | + | + | + | +++ |
Cidea | ++ | + | + | +++ |