adipocyte glucose uptake measurement adipocyte maximal glucose uptake 2012-07-02T11:42:40Z CMO:0000870 JSmith Measurement of the maximum, that is, the maximally stimulated, amount of glucose that can be transported into a fat cell. Glucose is the monosaccharide sugar which is the principal circulating sugar in the blood and the major energy source of the body. Fat cells are connective tissue cells specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat; such cells consist of a large cytoplasmic vesicle filled with globules of triglycerides with the nucleus displaced to one side and the cytoplasm seen as a thin line around the fat vesicle. VT:0004185 adipocyte maximum glucose uptake clinical_measurement_ontology insulin-stimulated adipocyte maximal glucose uptake