Updated PubMed. We analyzed changes in the protein profiles that occur during differentiation and maturation of cultured human subcutaneous white preadipocytes. We divided the three cell lines (Cell Line-1, Cell Line-2, and Cell Line-3) of Caucasian-derived subcutaneous preadipocytes into five stages: i) subcutaneous preadipocytes as stage-1, ii) after inducing differentiation into adipocytes as stage-2, iii-v) from the initiation of lipid droplet formation to become mature subcutaneous adipocytes was defined as stage-3 to stage-5, depending on lipid droplet amount and formation. Proteins from the cells were extracted at each stage (stage-1 to stage-5), proteolytically cleaved using trypsin, and analyzed using untargeted liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.