adipocytes

The storage and mobilization of lipid are central functions of fat cells.

Intracellular triglyceride storage droplets could be dynamic organelles.

The signaling events underlying lipid mobilization could alter protein trafficking to a specialized subset of these droplets.

Pathology

 adipocytic lesions
 adipocytic diseases
 adipocytic tumors

See also

 adipous tissue
 adipocytic differentiation

References

 Granneman JG, Moore HP. Location, location: protein trafficking and lipolysis in adipocytes. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Jan-Feb;19(1):3-9. PMID: 18155916

 Shuldiner AR, Yang R, Gong DW. Resistin, obesity and insulin resistance—the emerging role of the adipocyte as an endocrine organ. N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 1;345(18):1345-6. PMID: 11794158