Human Adipocyte Maintenance Media
Human Adipocyte Maintenance Media
HAd Maintenance Medium: Maintenance medium for adipocytes
Size: 250 ml
Price: $91.00
Description
Human Adipocyte Maintenance Media is a specialized maintenance medium for cultured, differentiated human adipocytes. These cells originate from preadipocytes, which undergo adipocyte differentiation to become mature, lipid-storing cells. The product is intended for maintaining differentiated human adipocytes rather than inducing the differentiation of undifferentiated human preadipocytes; adipocyte differentiation typically requires a separate induction medium and protocol.
Adipocytes are the predominant functional cells of adipose tissue, which is distributed throughout the human body in subcutaneous, visceral, and other depot-specific fat stores. In humans, adipose tissue functions as an energy reservoir and endocrine organ. Mature adipocytes store excess energy as triglycerides within a characteristic lipid droplet, release fatty acids when energy is required, and secrete adipokines and other signaling molecules that influence metabolism, inflammation, insulin sensitivity, and tissue homeostasis.
Following differentiation, adipocytes develop substantial lipid accumulation, increased lipid-droplet formation, and metabolic functions that are difficult to maintain in nonspecialized culture conditions. Human Adipocyte Maintenance Media is carefully formulated to support adipocyte viability, morphology, physiology, and functional stability after differentiation. By providing a controlled nutrient environment and cell-type-appropriate supplements, the medium helps preserve differentiated characteristics during culture and supports consistent experimental performance.
Maintained human adipocytes are useful for investigating lipid metabolism, glucose utilization, adipokine secretion, insulin responsiveness, inflammation, and the cellular mechanisms associated with obesity and metabolic disease. They can also be used in studies of adipocyte–immune-cell interactions, drug and nutraceutical screening, toxicity testing, and molecular analyses of adipose-tissue biology. A stable culture environment helps researchers evaluate changes in lipid-droplet morphology, lipid accumulation, gene expression, metabolic activity, and responses to hormones or pharmacological treatments.
The medium supports research workflows in which differentiated adipocytes must remain viable and physiologically relevant for extended experimental periods. Its controlled formulation, together with appropriate handling and storage according to the product documentation — including any instructions concerning room temperature exposure — helps reduce avoidable variation between experiments. Where required by the study design, adipocyte cultures may be exposed to defined concentrations of insulin or other growth factors as experimental variables; such treatments should be validated independently for the specific cell donor, passage history, and assay.
Human Adipocyte Maintenance Media is for research use only and is not intended for human, clinical, diagnostic, or veterinary applications.
Medium carefully optimized for the characteristics and requirements unique to Human Adipocytes. Attention to detail ensures ideal cell health, viability, performance, physiology, morphology, consistency and data.
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CAI media are tested for sterility in order to confirm no bacteria, yeast or fungi contaminate the solutions. The products undergo further quality control for correct pH, osmolality and lack of endotoxins. A panel of different bioassays affirm the media sustain a proper environment for expected cell-type-specific culture, growth, plating, karyotype, physiology, morphology, viability, population doublings, surface markers, cryopreservation, differentiation and/or induction.
Laboratory research use only (RUO). Not for human, clinical, diagnostic or veterinary use.
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