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Adipogenesis and metabolic health
Abstract
Obesity is characterized by increased adipose tissue mass and has been associated with a strong predisposition towards metabolic diseases and cancer. Thus, it constitutes a public health issue of major proportion. The expansion of adipose depots can be driven either by the increase in adipocyte size (hypertrophy) or by the formation of new adipocytes from precursor differentiation in the process of adipogenesis (hyperplasia). Notably, adipocyte expansion through adipogenesis can offset the negative metabolic effects of obesity, and the mechanisms and regulators of this adaptive process are now emerging. Over the past several years, we have learned a considerable amount about how adipocyte fate is determined and how adipogenesis is regulated by signalling and systemic factors. We have also gained appreciation that the adipogenic niche can influence tissue adipogenic capability. Approaches aimed at increasing adipogenesis over adipocyte hypertrophy can now be explored as a means to treat metabolic diseases.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ghaben, A. L., & Scherer, P. E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Scherer, Philipp E.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Published
- 2019-01-04
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 242-258
- ISSN
- 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0080
- OpenAlex
- W2908320623
- Semantic Scholar
- 4fcd08092b207de7bf166354cd3000e12504500a
- Cited by
- 1,395
- References
- 248
- Citations by year
- 2026: 128 · 2025: 209 · 2024: 212 · 2023: 218 · 2022: 219 · 2021: 207 · 2020: 140 · 2019: 61
- FWCI
- 18.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Keywords
- adipogenesis, obesity, metabolic health, adipocyte hypertrophy, adipocyte hyperplasia, adipose tissue expansion, white adipose tissue, metabolic disorders, cancer risk
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Differentiation, Health, Humans, Obesity, Signal Transduction, Adipocytes, Adipogenesis
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