ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2022
The role of bone marrow adipocytes in cancer progression: the impact of obesity.
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- Experimental analysis of bone marrow adipose tissue and bone marrow adipocytes: An update from the bone marrow adiposity society (BMAS).Bone reports · 2025Review
- Targeting lipid metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia: biological insights and therapeutic opportunities.Leukemia · 2025Review
- Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells improve bone marrow hematopoiesis through regulation of bone marrow adipose tissue.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Article
- ECM-mimicking hydrogel models of human adipose tissue identify deregulated lipid metabolism in the prostate cancer-adipocyte crosstalk under antiandrogen therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Bone Marrow Adipocytes as Novel Regulators of Metabolic Homeostasis: Clinical Consequences of Bone Marrow Adiposity.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- A framework of biomarkers for skeletal aging: a consensus statement by the Aging Biomarker Consortium.Life medicine · 2023Article
- Obesity and prostate cancer - microenvironmental roles of adipose tissue.Nature reviews. Urology · 2023Review
- GelMA and Biomimetic Culture Allow the Engineering of Mineralized, Adipose, and Tumor Tissue Human Microenvironments for the Study of Advanced Prostate Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo.Advanced healthcare materials · 2023Article
- The effects of E'Jiao on body composition, bone marrow adiposity and skeletal redox status in ovariectomised rats.International journal of medical sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bone marrow adipose tissues (BMATs) and their main cellular component, bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds), are found within the bone marrow (BM), which is a niche for the development of hematological malignancies as well as bone metastasis from solid tumors such as breast and prostate cancers. In humans, BMAds are present within the hematopoietic or "red" BMAT and in the "yellow" BMAT where they are more densely packed. BMAds are emerging as new actors in tumor progression; however, there are many outstanding questions regarding their precise role. In this review, we summarized our current knowledge regarding the development, distribution, and regulation by external stimuli of the BMATs in mice and humans and addressed how obesity could affect these traits. We then discussed the specific metabolic phenotype of BMAds that appear to be different from "classical" white adipocytes, since they are devoid of lipolytic function. According to this characterization, we presented how tumor cells affect the in vitro and in vivo phenotype of BMAds and the signals emanating from BMAds that are susceptible to modulate tumor behavior with a specific emphasis on their metabolic crosstalk with cancer cells. Finally, we discussed how obesity could affect this crosstalk. Deciphering the role of BMAds in tumor progression would certainly lead to the identification of new targets in oncology in the near future.
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