Abstract
In an effort to test the adipose hyperplasia theory of obesity in humans, adipose cells, derived from anterior abdominal walls of human infants and children, were grown in synthetic medium (McCoy's 5A Medium) supplemented with 20% fetal calf serum. Adipose cells which became delipidinized in culture were found to be capable of division and the rate and number of cell divisions was age dependent. Cells of infants under 1 yr of age and cells derived from early adolescent children divided to varying degrees in culture. Adipose cells from children aged 1-10 yr showed no cell division. Cell division was never observed in a lipid-laden adipocyte. Measurements of cell diameter showed that after the first year of life, cell size increased progressively with age. During the first year adipose cell size appeared to reflect the rapid hyperplasia of the first 3 mo, reaching smallest size at 3-12 mo but increasing thereafter.
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