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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2014

Adipose tissue angiogenesis: impact on obesity and type-2 diabetes.

Silvia Corvera, Olga Gealekman

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Long-Term Effects of Weight Loss and Exercise on Biomarkers Associated with Angiogenesis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017
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  2. Metabolic convergence of diabetes and prostate cancer: from dysglycemia to tumor microenvironment reprogramming.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  11. Is Adipose Tissue Inflammation the Culprit of Obesity-Associated Comorbidities?Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  13. Defective lymphatic vasculature in obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Silvia CorveraProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. Electronic address: Silvia.corvera@umassmed.edu.
Olga GealekmanProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Adipose Tissue Angiogenesis and Metabolic DiseaseR01DK089101 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CORVERA, SILVIA · 2011 to 2024
$5.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK089101NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK089101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growth and function of tissues are critically dependent on their vascularization. Adipose tissue is capable of expanding many-fold during adulthood, therefore requiring the formation of new vasculature to supply growing and proliferating adipocytes. The expansion of the vasculature in adipose tissue occurs through angiogenesis, where new blood vessels develop from those pre-existing within the tissue. Inappropriate angiogenesis may underlie adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity, which in turn increases type-2 diabetes risk. In addition, genetic and developmental factors involved in vascular patterning may define the size and expandability of diverse adipose tissue depots, which are also associated with type-2 diabetes risk. Moreover, the adipose tissue vasculature appears to be the niche for pre-adipocyte precursors, and factors that affect angiogenesis may directly impact the generation of new adipocytes. Here we review recent advances on the basic mechanisms of angiogenesis, and on the role of angiogenesis in adipose tissue development and obesity. A substantial amount of data points to a deficit in adipose tissue angiogenesis as a contributing factor to insulin resistance and metabolic disease in obesity. These emerging findings support the concept of the adipose tissue vasculature as a source of new targets for metabolic disease therapies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Modulation of Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdipogenesisAdipose TissueDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulin ResistanceNeovascularization, PathologicObesityAdipocyteBlood vesselCapillaryEndothelialFatVascular

Identifiers

PMID23770388
PMCPMC3844681
OpenAlexW2057996730

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