Compound Raman Microscopy for High-speed Vibrational Imaging and Spectral Analysis of Lipid Bodies

Obesity is an established risk factor for type II diabetes, hypertension, strokes, many types of cancer, atherosclerosis, and other diseases [1].A central goal of obesity studies is to understand how cells store excess energy in the form of cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) [2].Nonetheless, significant details on the biology of LDs are still lacking [3].Currently, it is not clearly understood how different types of phospholipids or fatty acids contribute to the formation of LDs.