DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000220
Corresponding author:
Junetsu Ogasawara, Division of Hygiene and Health Science, Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1-1Midorigaoka-Higashi, Asahikawa, Hokkaido078-8510, JapanReceived: July 19, 2017; Published: July 24, 2017
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In mammals, it has been widely accepted that there are three types of adipocytes; white adipocytes, brown adipocytes, and beige adipocytes. White adipocytes are comprised of unilocular large lipid droplet that can store triglycerides as energy, and they play a key role in energy metabolism by providing free fatty acids and glycerol through the hydrolysis of triglycerides [1]. In contrast, brown adipocytes are comprised of multilocular lipid droplet with rich mitochondria into their cell bodies.