Searching for Classical Brown Fat in Humans: Development of a Novel Human Fetal Brown Stem Cell Model

Stem Cells

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1679-1691

  Di Franco, Alessandra ^a   Guasti, Daniele ^a   Squecco, Roberta ^a   Mazzanti, Benedetta ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^b   Idrizaj, Eglantina ^a   Gallego Escuredo, José M ^c   Villarroya, Francesc ^c   Bani, Daniele ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Vannelli, Gabriella Barbara ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Brown adipocytes; Cell electrophysiology; Stem cells; UCP 1

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FAT DROPLET; NORADRENALIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHONDROGENESIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN FETAL BROWN ADIPOSE STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSCAPULAR BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL ABORTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; FETAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; ORGANOID; PHENOTYPE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FETAL STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOIDS; PHENOTYPE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84959510077     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2336     Document Type: Article

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