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SUBMITTER: Alessio N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7377882 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alessio Nicola N Acar Mustafa B MB Demirsoy Ibrahim H IH Squillaro Tiziana T Siniscalco Dario D Di Bernardo Giovanni G Peluso Gianfranco G Özcan Servet S Galderisi Umberto U
Aging 20200707 13
White adipose tissue (WAT) is distributed in several depots with distinct metabolic and inflammatory functions. In our body there are subcutaneous (sWAT), visceral (vWAT) and bone marrow (bWAT) fat depots. Obesity affects the size, function and inflammatory state of WATs. In particular, obesity may affect the activity of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) present in WAT. MSCs are a heterogeneous population containing stromal cells, progenitor cells, fibroblasts and stem cells that are able to diff ...[more]