White adipose tissue

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White adipose tissue (WAT) or white fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue found in mammals (compare to brown adipose tissue). In humans, white adipose tissue composes as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women. Its cells contain a single large fat droplet, which has forced the nucleus to be squeezed into a thin rim at the periphery. They have receptors for: - Insulin - Growth hormones - Norepinephrine - glucocorticoids

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