Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41185635›Full record

ArticleCellular and molecular bioengineering2025

Paracrine Signaling by Distinct Adipose Tissue Depots Regulate Fibroblast Mechanobiology and Functional Heterogeneity.

Yujun Xu, Niyousha Karbasion, Tata A Toure, Jack A Esche, Brendan K Otani, J Caleb Snider, Matthew R Bersi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cellular and molecular bioengineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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

7 authors.

Yujun XuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Niyousha KarbasionDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Tata A ToureDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA.
Jack A EscheDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Brendan K OtaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.
J Caleb SniderDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Matthew R BersiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1848-4165

Funding

Identification of immunotherapeutic targets in cardiovascular diseaseR00HL146951 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BERSI, MATTHEW RYAN · 2020 to 2022
$747k
NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL146951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Adipose tissues have long been recognized for their diverse endocrine functions that serve to regulate tissue homeostasis. Although adipose depot-specific secretory profiles can differentially regulate fibroblast fate and fibrotic tissue remodeling, systematic investigation of how adipose depots of varying phenotypes influence fibroblast mechanobiology remains lacking. Methods: By integrating secretome profiling with functional and mechanobiological assays in a controlled adipose-fibroblast coculture platform, we mechanistically investigate how canonical brown (BAT), white (WAT), and beige adipose tissues (thoracic and abdominal perivascular adipose tissue; T-PVAT and A-PVAT, respectively) govern fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition (FMT) through depot-specific paracrine signaling. Results: Thermogenic depots (BAT and T-PVAT) enhance fibroblast proliferation, collagen deposition, and stiffness (1.9-fold increase in single cell modulus; Conclusions: Our findings establish adipose depots as distinct modulators of fibroblast phenotype, wherein depot-specific mediators promote mechanobiological alterations that balance reparative and pathological remodeling processes related to fibrosis. Differential biological responses by fibroblasts exposed to diverse adipose phenotypes underscores the potential for adipose-driven stromal crosstalk to mitigate fibrotic remodeling alongside metabolic and cardiovascular disease comorbidities. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12195-025-00864-z.

Indexed as

Adipose tissueBiophysicsCollagenContractionFibroblastFibrosisMechanobiologySecretome

Identifiers

PMID41185635
PMCPMC12579652

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.