Steatosis in hepatocyte-like cells of Drosophila

Intracellular fat droplets

Intracellular fat droplets, stained with Oil Red O, in the oenocytes of Drosophila larvae that are normal (wild type, left) or that overexpress PTEN, an inhibitor of the Insulin/PI3-kinase pathway, in the fat body (insulin-compromised, right).

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