Figure 4
From: Vitamin D deficiency serves as a precursor to stunted growth and central adiposity in zebrafish
VDD fish demonstrated both hypertrophy and hyperplasia of dorsal paraosseal (dPOS) non-visceral AT (NVAT) and pancreatic visceral AT (PVAT)31. (A) Representative images of dPOS NVAT (58.08 mm2 area). (B) Representative images of PVAT (58.08 mm2 area). (C) VDD fish had hypertrophic and hyperplastic (60.78 ± 9.09 adipocytes) dPOS NVAT compared to VD3 sufficient 6 mpf. Data are represented as mean ± SEM (n = 9). (D) VDD fish had hypertrophic and hyperplastic (64.75 ± 15.11 adipocytes) PVAT compared to VD3 sufficient 6 mpf. Data are represented as mean ± SEM (n = 9).
