Open AccessStepping Up Human Beige Fat Cell Production
Author(s) -
Wenli Yang,
Patrick Seale
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.11.091
Subject(s) - mesenchymal stem cell , induced pluripotent stem cell , progenitor cell , microbiology and biotechnology , population , adipose tissue , stem cell , cell , biology , endocrinology , embryonic stem cell , biochemistry , medicine , gene , environmental health
Beige fat cells hold significant promise for reducing obesity and metabolic disease. Su et al. (2018) present a robust method to produce human beige adipocytes from pluripotent stem cells via the generation of an expandable intermediary population of mesenchymal progenitor cells.
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