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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

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Adipocytes differentiated in vitro, containing fat deposits (yellow) and the Cav-1 protein in the cell membrane (magenta). Scale bar, 100 microns. b, Mouse adipose tissue. Scale bar, 100 microns. c, Electron microscopy images showing regions of adipocyte membrane similar to that indicated by the boxed area in b. Caveolae are visible as membrane invaginations (arrowheads). The genetically modified adipocyte expressing non-phosphorylatable Cav-1 (bottom panel) accumulates caveolae because they cannot flatten in response to the accumulation of fat (blue arrowheads). Scale bar, 500 nm.

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