adipocyte glucose uptake measurement adipocyte basal glucose uptake 2012-07-02T11:48:08Z CMO:0000871 JSmith Measurement of the unstimulated, baseline or lowest possible amount of glucose 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 baseline glucose uptake clinical_measurement_ontology