Table 1. Proteomic studies focused on the mouse WAT proteome.

Year	Mouse strain/age/sex	Number of identifications	Fractionation method	MS instrument	Identification quality (FDR)	Reference
2001	8 week old C57Bl/6J females	37	2-DE	Q-TOF-MS	N/A	Sanchez et al. [18]
2004	C57BL/6 female mice with 6 weeks	20	2-DE	Q-TOF-MS	N/A	Schmid et al. [39]
2007	Wistar male rats	58	2-DE	UltraFlex II MALDI-TOF-TOF	N/A	Navet et al. [20]
2009	C57BL/6 mice (5 to 10 weeks old)	2434	SILAC	LTQ-Orbitrap	Protein level< 1%	Forner et al. [9]
2011	Male and female SLC Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats (5 weeks of age)	55	2-DE	MALDI-TOF-MS	N/A	Choi et al. [21]
2015	C57BL/6 female mice with 6 weeks	3048	iTRAQ	Triple TOF 5600	Protein level< 1%	Li et al. [22]
2016	Wild-caught thirteen-lined ground squirrels	778	iTRAQ	Velos Orbitrap	Protein level< 1%	Ballinger et al. [19]
2016	11 patients	2019	TMT	Orbitrap Fusion tribrid	Protein level< 1%	Muller etal. [40]
2019	C57BL/6 female mice with 6 weeks	4949	RPLC	Triple TOF5600	Protein level<1%	This study