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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2020

Crosstalk Between Mast Cells and Adipocytes in Physiologic and Pathologic Conditions.

Daniel Elieh Ali Komi, Farzaneh Shafaghat, Mark Christian

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Weight Loss-Associated Remodeling of Adipose Tissue Immunometabolism.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  9. The role of adipogenic niche resident cells in colorectal cancer progression in relation to obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  17. Mast cells: a double-edged sword in inflammation and fibrosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel Elieh Ali KomiImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Farzaneh ShafaghatImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mark ChristianSchool of Science and Technology, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK. mark.christian@ntu.ac.uk.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive fatty acids and glucose uptake support the infiltration of adipose tissue (AT) by a variety of immune cells including neutrophils, pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages, and mast cells (MCs). These cells promote inflammation by releasing pro-inflammatory mediators. The involvement of MCs in AT biology is supported by their accumulation in the AT of obese individuals along with significantly higher serum levels of MC-derived tryptase. AT-resident MCs under the influence of locally derived adipokines such as leptin become activated and release pro-inflammatory cytokines including TNFα that worsens the inflammatory state. MCs support angiogenesis in AT by releasing chymase and inducing preadipocyte differentiation and also the proliferation of adipocytes through 15-deoxy-delta PGJ2/PPARγ interaction. Additionally, they contribute to the remodeling of the AT extracellular matrix (ECM) and play a role in the recruitment and activation of leukocytes. MC degranulation has been linked to brown adipocyte activation, and evidence indicates an important link between MCs and the appearance of BRITE/beige adipocytes in white AT. Cell crosstalk between MCs and AT-resident cells, mainly adipocytes and immune cells, shows that these cells play a critical role in the regulation of AT homeostasis and inflammation.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAnimalsCell CommunicationCell DegranulationHumansInflammationMast CellsObesityTryptasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTryptasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAdipocyteAdipose tissueInflammationMast cell

Identifiers

PMID32215785
PMCPMC7244609
OpenAlexW3013028206

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