Journal
CELL STEM CELL
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 472-481Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2009.10.014
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- NIDDK
- NIH [DK066556, DK064261]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We are in the midst of a dire, unprecedented, and global epidemic of obesity and secondary sequelae, most prominently diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Underlying this epidemic is the most hated of cells, adipocytes, and their inherent dynamic ability to expand and renew. This capacity highlights a heretofore undefined stem compartment. Recent in vivo studies, relying upon lineage tracing and flow cytometry methods, have begun to unravel the identity of adipose stem cells, their niche, and the dynamism central to adipose expansion. Thus, the field is moving in a direction that may allow us to manipulate adipose stem cells to beneficial therapeutic ends.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available