Adipocyte differentiation and transdifferentiation: Plasticity of the adipose organ

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 823-835

  Cinti, Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipose organ; Brown adipocyte; Development; Differentiation; Transdifferentiation; White adipocyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID; LEPTIN; LIPID; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; RESISTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLASTICITY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; THERMOGENESIS; VISCERA; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0036862318     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03344046     Document Type: Review

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