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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022

Engineering Human Beige Adipose Tissue.

Maria A Gonzalez Porras, Katerina Stojkova, Francisca M Acosta, Christopher R Rathbone, Eric M Brey

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Scalable Generation of Pre-Vascularized and Functional Human Beige Adipose Organoids.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  9. Optogenetics Sheds Light on Brown and Beige Adipocytes.Journal of cellular signaling · 2023
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria A Gonzalez PorrasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Katerina StojkovaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Francisca M AcostaDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Christopher R RathboneDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Eric M BreyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
The University of Texas at San Antonio · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

UTSA RISE Research Training ProgramR25GM060655 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI BAREA-RODRIGUEZ, EDWIN J · 2000 to 2022
$21.6M
Cancer Biology Training ProgramT32CA148724 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Pei Wang, Feng-Chun Yang · 2011 to 2026
$3.3M
Elucidating Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cell:Microvessel Interactions in Diabetic MuscleSC1DK122578 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI RATHBONE, CHRISTOPHER RONALD · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA148724NIDDK NIH HHS SC1 DK122578NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM060655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we described a method for generating functional, beige (thermogenic) adipose microtissues from human microvascular fragments (MVFs). The MVFs were isolated from adipose tissue acquired from adults over 50 years of age. The tissues express thermogenic gene markers and reproduce functions essential for the potential therapeutic impact of beige adipose tissues such as enhanced lipid metabolism and increased mitochondrial respiration. MVFs serve as a potential single, autologous source of cells that can be isolated from adult patients, induced to recreate functional aspects of beige adipose tissue and enable rapid vascularization post-transplantation. This approach has the potential to be used as an autologous therapy for metabolic diseases or as a model for the development of a personalized approach to high-throughput drug development/screening for adipose tissue.

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beige adipocytehydrogelmicrotissuemicrovascular fragmentsobesity

Identifiers

PMID35845420
PMCPMC9283722
OpenAlexW4283757942

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