(1) Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;(2) Department of Biochemistry, The Medical School, University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
Abstract:
A collagenase-dispersion method involving Percoll gradient separation is described for the production of adipocytes from foetal rat brown adipose tissue. The cells produced are hormone-sensitive as judged by cAMP accumulation and lipolysis.