BeAR: beige adipose area calculator (image analysis software)
This image analysis has been developed by Gopal Karemore, for the Röszer Laboratory at Ulm University, Germany. The software allows the easy and semi-automated analysis hematoxylin and eosin-stained of adipose tissue sections to determine the area of so-called beige (brite or brown) adipose tissue. When using the software, please cite this article:
Yu H, Dilbaz S, Coßmann J, Hoang AC, Diedrich V, Herwig A, Harauma A, Hoshi Y, Moriguchi T, Landgraf K, Körner A, Lucas C, Brodesser S, Balogh L, Thuróczy J, Karemore G, Kuefner MS, Park EA, Rapp C, Travers JB and Röszer T (2019) Breast milk alkylglycerols sustain beige adipocytes through adipose tissue macrophages. J Clin Invest 129(6) DOI 1172/JCI125646