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. 1999 Mar 2;96(5):2327–2332. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2327

Table 1.

Possible syndromes of ectopic fat deposition

Leptin deficiency
ob/ob mouse? (2)
 Human leptin deficiency? (40)
Lipodystrophy
 SERBP-1 transgenic mouse? (35)
 A-ZIP/F-1 transgenic mouse? (36)
  aP2/DTA transgenic mouse? (37)
 Human lipodystrophy? (38)
Leptin receptor defect
db/db mouse? (2)
 Human OB-R defect? (40)
 ZDF (fa/fa) rat (10)
Diet-induced obesity
 Rat and human?

? indicates that careful measurements of fat in nonadipocytes have not been reported but are predicted to be high.