There has been an upsurge of interest in the adipocyte coincident with the onset of the
obesity epidemic and the realization that adipose tissue plays a major role in the regulation …

Inflammation originating from the adipose tissue is considered to be one of the main driving
forces for the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in obese individuals …

During wound healing in adult mouse skin, hair follicles and then adipocytes regenerate.
Adipocytes regenerate from myofibroblasts, a specialized contractile wound fibroblast. Here …

Adipocytes are the main constituent of adipose tissue and are considered to be a corner
stone in the homeostatic control of whole body metabolism. Their primary function is to …

Adipose tissue is a central metabolic organ. Unlike other organs, adipose tissue is
compartmentalized into individual depots and distributed throughout the body. These …

White adipose tissue (WAT) is perhaps the most plastic organ in the body, capable of
regeneration following surgical removal and massive expansion or contraction in response …

Context: There is growing interest in the relationship between bone mineral density, bone
strength, and fat depots. Marrow adipose tissue, a well-established component of the …

Adipose tissue expansion involves the enlargement of existing adipocytes, the formation of
new cells from committed preadipocytes, and the coordinated development of the tissue …

Body fat distribution is an important predictor of the metabolic consequences of obesity, but
the cellular mechanisms regulating regional fat accumulation are unknown. We assessed …

The explosion of new information in recent years on the origin of macrophages in the steady-
state and in the context of inflammation has opened up numerous new avenues of …