Mitochondria in White, Brown, and Beige Adipocytes

Figure 1

Main morphological characteristics of white, brown, and beige adipose tissues. White adipocyte cell is classically spherical, it is full of single lipid droplet, and it contains few mitochondria. Brown adipocyte is usually smaller than white and beige ones. It contains a large number of mitochondria and contains multiple small lipid droplets. Blue: nucleus, green: mitochondria, and yellow: lipid droplets.