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                                                Adipose tissue, mouse - histology slide
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                                                Fat tissue from a mouse. The brown borders of the cells are perilipin protein. The protein controls the release-or not-of fat for energy.  
 
Histology slide courtesy of USDA.  Photo by Saverio Cinti and Andrew Greenberg. 
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