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ArticleAdipocyte2025

High-throughput measurement of adipocyte size with open-source software using whole-slide adipose tissue images.

Alan Ramalho, Marie-Frédérique Gauthier, Ina Maltais-Payette, Giada Ostinelli, Frédéric Hould, Laurent Biertho, André Tchernof

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7 authors.

Alan RamalhoÉcole de nutrition, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-4312-258X
Marie-Frédérique GauthierÉcole de nutrition, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Ina Maltais-PayetteÉcole de Nutrition, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Giada OstinelliÉcole de Nutrition, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Frédéric HouldÉcole de nutrition, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Laurent BierthoÉcole de nutrition, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
André TchernofÉcole de nutrition, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2587-1000

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to create and validate a high-throughput method based on open-source software for the measurement of adipocyte diameters in white adipose tissue histological sections. Human omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue samples collected during bariatric surgery were used to prepare haematoxylin and eosin-stained histological slides. Adipocyte diameters were measured both manually and with an automated procedure created using ImageJ. Comparative analysis of our automated method with the manual measurement and associations of the mean adipocyte diameters with cardiometabolic markers were used to validate our method. A total of 377 adipose samples (190 participants) were included in the analysis. Pearson correlation of mean adipocyte diameters showed a strong linear relationship between methods (

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AdipocytesAdipose TissueImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSoftwareAdultCell SizeFemaleHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMaleMiddle AgedSubcutaneous FatAdipocytesadipose tissuecell sizehistomorphometryImageJ

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PMID40721229
PMCPMC12309532

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