Table 1. Characteristics of different adipocytes.

	White	Beige	Brown
Anatomical location	Subcutaneous, visceral	White depots and supraclavicular	Interscapular, adrenal, neck
Morphology	Unilocular	Multilocular	Multilocular
Lipid droplets	Large	Numerous and small	Numerous and small
Progenitor	Pdgfr-α	Pdgfr-α	Myf5+
Main function	Energy storage	Thermogenesis	Thermogenesis
Mitochondrial biogenesis	Low	Medium	High

Note:

Pdgfr-α, platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha; Myf5+, myogenic factor 5-positive.