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Expansion and inflammation of white adipose tissue - focusing on adipocyte progenitors

  • Wenjing Liu ORCID logo , Dahui Li , Handi Cao , Haoyun Li and Yu Wang EMAIL logo
From the journal Biological Chemistry

Abstract

Adipose tissue is an important organ in our body, participating not only in energy metabolism but also immune regulation. It is broadly classified as white (WAT) and brown (BAT) adipose tissues. WAT is highly heterogeneous, composed of adipocytes, various immune, progenitor and stem cells, as well as the stromal vascular populations. The expansion and inflammation of WAT are hallmarks of obesity and play a causal role in the development of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The primary event triggering the inflammatory expansion of WAT remains unclear. The present review focuses on the role of adipocyte progenitors (APS), which give rise to specialized adipocytes, in obesity-associated WAT expansion, inflammation and fibrosis.


Corresponding author: Yu Wang, The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China, E-mail:

Funding source: Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund

Award Identifier / Grant number: 04151796

Funding source: Research Grant Council grants from the General Research Fund

Award Identifier / Grant number: 17153016

Funding source: Collaborative Research Fund

Award Identifier / Grant number: C7037-17W

Funding source: Area of Excellence scheme

Award Identifier / Grant number: AoE/M/707-18

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the grants from Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund (04151796), Research Grant Council grants from the General Research Fund (17153016), Collaborative Research Fund (C7037-17W) and the Area of Excellence scheme (AoE/M/707-18).

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by the grants from Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund (04151796), Research Grant Council grants from the General Research Fund (17153016), Collaborative Research Fund (C7037-17W) and the Area of Excellence scheme (AoE/M/707-18).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2019-12-30
Accepted: 2020-10-01
Published Online: 2020-10-16
Published in Print: 2021-01-27

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