Stem cells and lipid droplets (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Stem cells and lipid droplets

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The content of lipid droplets (LD, yellow dots in the panels at left) determines a stem cell’s potential to repopulate an injured muscle. The cell with many lipid droplets (LDhigh) had reduced ability to form muscle cells (red in the right panels than the cell with few lipid droplets (LDlow). The 10-micron scale bar in the panel at lower left is less than one-fourth the width of a human hair.

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Image courtesy of Shihuan Kuang, Purdue University

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