Quantification of Adipogenesis Using Flow Cytometry
摘要
Adipogenesis is a complex, multistep process by which precursor cells such as mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) differentiate into mature adipocytes. The ability of MSCs to differentiate into adipocytes serves as a model to study human adipogenesis in vitro. Flow cytometry is a powerful technique that can be used to analyze the properties of individual cells. In this chapter, we describe a flow cytometry-based technique to quantify the proportion of MSCs that have differentiated into adipocytes.