Visceral and subcutaneous fat have different origins and evidence supports a mesothelial source

Increased visceral adipose tissue has been associated with metabolic dysfunction but the origin of the progenitors that give rise to this tissue, and whether they are the same as the progenitors contributing to the protective subcutaneous adipose tissue, was unclear. Hastie and colleagues have found...

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Published in:	Nature cell biology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 367 - 375
Main Authors:	Chau, You-Ying, Bandiera, Roberto, Serrels, Alan, Martínez-Estrada, Ofelia M., Qing, Wei, Lee, Martin, Slight, Joan, Thornburn, Anna, Berry, Rachel, McHaffie, Sophie, Stimson, Roland H., Walker, Brian R., Chapuli, Ramon Muñoz, Schedl, Andreas, Hastie, Nick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2014 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/136/142 631/136/334/1874 631/136/532/2074 Adipocytes Adipocytes - cytology Adipocytes - metabolism Adipose tissue Adipose Tissue, Brown - cytology Adipose Tissue, Brown - embryology Adipose Tissue, Brown - metabolism Adipose Tissue, White - cytology Adipose Tissue, White - embryology Adipose Tissue, White - metabolism Adipose tissues Animals Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal - pharmacology Biology Body fat Cancer Research Cell Biology Cell Lineage - genetics Cell research Cellular control mechanisms Development Biology Developmental Biology Epidemics Gene Knock-In Techniques Genetics Green Fluorescent Proteins - genetics Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism letter Life Sciences Lipid metabolism Medical research Mesoderm - cytology Mesoderm - metabolism Metabolisme dels lípids Mice Obesity Physiological aspects Stem Cells Tamoxifen - pharmacology Teixit adipós WT1 Proteins - genetics WT1 Proteins - metabolism United Kingdom > UK Spain
ISSN:	1465-7392, 1476-4679, 1476-4679
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