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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2015 Sep 25;65(1):26–35. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.09.012

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Disrupted BAT phenotype in mice with adipose-specific VEGF-A ablation. Expression of BAT markers, a) Ucp1 and b) Dio2, was assessed by qRT-PCR. c) VEGF-A ablation results in decreased vascularization in BAT as visualized with BS1-lectin (FITC) for vasculature and BODIPY (Texas Red) for adipocytes. d) Quantification of vascularity expressed as arbitrary units of luminosity (au). e) Disruption of lipid architecture in BAT shown by representative hematoxylin and eosin staining. *p <0.01; **p <0.05