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The effect of a low protein diet on the adipocytes of rat perigenital fat

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Weanling rats were fed a low protein diet for 6 weeks and their weights were 50% less than controls. There were significantly fewer adipocytes per μg adipose tissue, but estimates of the number of adipocytes per rat indicated that the diet had much less effect on adipocyte number than on b.wt.

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Wise, A. The effect of a low protein diet on the adipocytes of rat perigenital fat. Experientia 33, 1340–1341 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920169

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