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From heterogeneity to plasticity in adipose tissues: site-specific differences.
Experimental cell research - 1 Apr 2006
Prunet-Marcassus Bénédicte, Cousin Béatrice, Caton David, André Mireille, Pénicaud Luc, Casteilla Louis
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, two types of adipose tissues are present, brown (BAT) and white (WAT). WAT itself can be divided into subcutaneous and internal fat deposits. All these tissues have been shown to present a great tissue plasticity, and recent data emphasized on the multiple differentiation potentials obtained from subcutaneous WAT. However, no study has compared the heterogeneity of stroma-vascular fraction (SVF) cells...
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