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Adipocytes

Known as: Mature Fat Cell, Cell, Fat, Lipocyte 
Cells in the body that store FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. WHITE ADIPOCYTES are the predominant type and found mostly in the abdominal… 
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Insulin and Glyburide Increase Cytosolic Free-Ca2+ Concentration in Isolated Rat Adipocytes
We investigated the effect of insulin and a hypoglycemic sulfonylurea agent glyburide on cytosolic free-Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Insulin rapidly stimulates phosphorylation of a 46-kDa membrane protein on tyrosine residues as well as phosphorylation of several soluble proteins in intact fat cells.
It is speculated that the transmission of an insulin signal across the plasma membrane of cells occurs through activation of the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Distinctive features of bone marrow biopsies.
Bone marrow biopsies from 30 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), diagnosed according to accepted clinical… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Insulin receptor phosphorylation may not be a prerequisite for acute insulin action.
An antiserum to the insulin receptor mimicked insulin's acute actions on glucose transport, phosphorylation of integral membrane… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Internalization of insulin receptors in the isolated rat adipose cell. Demonstration of the vectorial disposition of receptor subunits.
The internalization of the insulin receptor in the isolated rat adipose cell and the spatial orientation of the alpha (Mr = 135… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Mechanism of activation of adenylate cyclase by cholera toxin.
Cholera toxin (choleragen) can stimulate adenylate cyclase [EC 4.6.1.1; ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing)] activity in whole… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Actions of insulin, epinephrine, and dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate on fat cell protein phosphorylations. Cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate dependent and independent mechanisms.
Endogenous and hormone-induced protein (polypeptide) phosphorylations were studied in isolated rat fat cells, in fat pads, and in… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Glucose metabolism and the response to insulin by human adipose tissue in spontaneous and experimental obesity. Effects of dietary composition and adipose cell size.
[1-(14)C]glucose oxidation to CO(2) and conversion into glyceride by adipose tissue from nonobese and obese subjects has been… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Direct evidence for a prostaglandin receptor and its application to prostaglandin measurements (rat-adipocytes-antagonists-analogues-mouse ovary assay).
A prostaglandin receptor is present in rat adipocytes, as shown by competition studies with [(3)H]-prostaglandin E(1). The… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Adenyl cyclase activity in particles from fat cells.
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