Fig. 1: Anatomical and morphological characterization of PAT in chow-diet-fed male mice. | International Journal of Obesity

Fig. 1: Anatomical and morphological characterization of PAT in chow-diet-fed male mice.

From: Peripancreatic adipose tissue protects against high-fat-diet-induced hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in mice

Fig. 1

a Anatomical location of mouse PAT. Representative b H&E and c perilipin-1 (red) stained sections of mouse pancreas including PAT versus intrapancreatic adipocytes (IA). Adipocyte size of PAT, MWAT, IWAT and GWAT in d chow-diet-fed mice (n = 7–10 mice) and e 8-week HFD-fed mice (n = 4–5 mice). All values are expressed as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 for the indicated comparisons. PAT peripancreatic adipose tissue, MWAT mesenteric adipose tissue, IWAT inguinal adipose tissue, and GWAT gonadal adipose tissue.

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