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Preadipocyte conversion to macrophage. Evidence of plasticity.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Mar 2003
Charrière Guillaume, Cousin Béatrice, Arnaud Emmanuelle, André Mireille, Bacou Francis, Penicaud Luc, Casteilla Louis
Abstract excerpt
Preadipocytes are present throughout adult life in adipose tissues and can proliferate and differentiate into mature adipocytes according to the energy balance. An increasing number of reports demonstrate that cells from adipose lineages (preadipocytes and adipocytes) and macrophages share numerous functional or antigenic properties. No large scale comparison reflecting the phenotype complexity has been performed...
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