The controversy regarding the cell of origin of white adipose tissue fat cells has not been resolved. It has not as yet been established whether a fat cell represents a modified connective tissue fibroblast which has accumulated lipid (44, 35) or is derived from a specialized perivascular reticular mesenchymal cell (174). The fat cell has been classically described as having a signet ring appearance on histological section due to the peripherally displaced flattened nucleus and the large central vacuole representing the space occupied by fat. A very thin attenuated ring of cytoplasm exists but is not readily apparent by light microscopy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115037 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Angel, Aubie. |
| Contributors | Hollenberg, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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