Shawn Mullen

Hypertrophy and/or Hyperplasia: Dynamics of Adipose Tissue Growth

Jo, Junghyo, Gavrilova, Oksana, Pack, Stephanie, Jou, William, Mullen, Shawn, Sumner, Anne E., ...

Adipose tissue grows by two mechanisms: hyperplasia (cell number increase) and hypertrophy (cell size increase). Genetics and diet affect the relative contributions of these two mechanisms to the...