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ReviewJournal of lipid research2012

Adipose tissue stem cells meet preadipocyte commitment: going back to the future.

William P Cawthorn, Erica L Scheller, Ormond A MacDougald

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Review in Journal of lipid research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 246 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

246 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

William P CawthornDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Erica L Scheller
Ormond A MacDougald

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Interdisciplinary Study of Marrow Adiposity, Mineral Metabolism & Energy BalanceR24DK092759 · NIDDK · MAINEHEALTH · PI HOROWITZ, MARK C, MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 2011 to 2019
$13.0M
Roles for Wnt Signaling in Adipose TissueR01DK062876 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 2003 to 2018
$5.1M
Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and metabolismR01DK051563 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 1996 to 2010
$3.2M
Roles for Wnt signaling in adipose tissueR56DK062876 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 2008 to 2008
$225k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK-51563NIDDK NIH HHS DK-92759NIDDK NIH HHS N02 DK062876NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051563NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK092759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

White adipose tissue (WAT) is perhaps the most plastic organ in the body, capable of regeneration following surgical removal and massive expansion or contraction in response to altered energy balance. Research conducted for over 70 years has investigated adipose tissue plasticity on a cellular level, spurred on by the increasing burden that obesity and associated diseases are placing on public health globally. This work has identified committed preadipocytes in the stromal vascular fraction of adipose tissue and led to our current understanding that adipogenesis is important not only for WAT expansion, but also for maintenance of adipocyte numbers under normal metabolic states. At the turn of the millenium, studies investigating preadipocyte differentiation collided with developments in stem cell research, leading to the discovery of multipotent stem cells within WAT. Such adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) are capable of differentiating into numerous cell types of both mesodermal and nonmesodermal origin, leading to their extensive investigation from a therapeutic and tissue engineering perspective. However, the insights gained through studying ASCs have also contributed to more-recent progress in attempts to better characterize committed preadipocytes in adipose tissue. Thus, ASC research has gone back to its roots, thereby expanding our knowledge of preadipocyte commitment and adipose tissue biology.

Indexed as

Multipotent Stem CellsAdipocytesAdipogenesisAdipose TissueAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsBiomarkersCell DifferentiationChondrocytesEndothelial CellsHumansMuscle CellsOsteoblastsTissue EngineeringBiomarkers

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PMID22140268
PMCPMC3269153

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