Understanding the effects of mature adipocytes and endothelial cells on fatty acid metabolism and vascular tone in physiological fatty tissue for vascularized adipose tissue engineering

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-279

  Huber, Birgit ^a   Volz, Ann Cathrin ^b   Kluger, Petra J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b REUTLINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co culture; Cross talk; Endothelial cells; Mature adipocytes; Vascularized fatty tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANGIOTENSIN II; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CAVEOLIN 1; CLAUDIN; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR C; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PERILIPIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84946501223     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2274-9     Document Type: Review

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