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Adipose: Tissue Function
The parenchyma of adipose tissue consists of adipocytes suspended in a connective tissue matrix, which functions as both a crucial endocrine organ as well as a site for metabolic activity. Two types of adipose tissue have been identified: brown and white. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans is present at birth and provides non-shivering heat generation, while white adipose tissue (WAT) is present in adults and is a highly metabolic, endocrine organ. Pathology can occur both from adipose tissue deficiency as well as excess.
Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT)
Non-shivering thermogenesis. Brown adipocytes utilize oxygen and lipids as substrates to produce heat. The functional thermogenic unit consists of a brown adipocyte maintained within a structural network of connective tissue with access to a rich blood supply and innervation. ...
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: AIDS-Related Conditions
- Clinical Trials Outside the United States
- Animal Cloning
- Australia
- Chimera Formation, Ethics of
- Tissue Engineering (Scaffold)
- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Bioreactors
- Gene Patents
- Bone Marrow Transplants
- Amniotic Fluid Cells
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Alvarez-Buylla, Arturo
- Embryonic Stem Cells, Methods to Produce
- Advocacy
- Buddhism
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Self-Renewal and Differentiation
- Alabama
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- Drosophila Models to Study Stem Cells
- Breast Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Clinical Trials Outside the United States: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning
- Belgium
- Clinical Trials, Ethics of
- Tissue Printing
- Advanced Cell Technology
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Xenotransplantation
- International Society for Stem Cell Research Guidelines
- Direct Reprogramming of Adult Cells Into Other Cell Types
- Cord Blood Stem Cells
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Anversa, Piero
- iPS, Methods to Produce
- Congress: Votes and Amendments
- Catholicism
- Animal Cloning
- Stem Cell Aging
- Alaska
- Adipose: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Mouse Models to Study Stem Cells
- Cancer Stem Cells: Overview
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Batten Disease
- Clinical Trials Outside the United States: Cerebral Palsy
- Brazil
- Clinical Trials (Adult Cells), Ethics of
- Athersys
- Autonomous University of Madrid
- Pluripotent Stem Cell Patents
- Endothelial Cell Isolation
- Fetal Stem Cells
- Canada: Stem Cell Network
- Charo, Alta
- iPS Tissue Sources
- Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
- Christianity
- Autism
- Stem Cell Differentiation/Self-Organization
- Arizona
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- Rat Models to Study Stem Cells
- Colon Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Blood Deficiencies
- Clinical Trials Outside the United States: Spinal Cord Injury
- China
- Cloning, Ethics of
- Beike Biotechnology
- Baylor University
- Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, The
- Frenette, Paul
- iPSC From Animal Cells
- National Right to Life Committee
- Judaism
- Cord Blood Banking
- Stem Cell DNA Repair
- Arkansas
- Adipose: Major Pathologies
- Xenopus Models to Study Stem Cells
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Crohn’s Disease
- Clinical Trials Outside the United States: Stroke
- Denmark
- Egg Donation, Ethics of
- California Stem Cell, Inc.
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Genome Sequencing
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- Fuchs, Elaine
- Pluripotency Network
- President’s Council on Bioethics
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- Zebrafish Models to Study Stem Cells
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Cancer Stem Cells
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- France
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- Colorado
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- Liver Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Eye Conditions
- Germany
- Germ Cell Modifications (Gene Therapy), Ethics of
- Cryo-Cell International
- Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Clinic
- In Vitro Fertilization
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- Adult Stem Cells: Overview
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- India
- In Vitro Production of Germ Cells, Ethics of
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- International Society for Stem Cell Research
- Langer, Robert
- Pluripotent Stem Cells, Germ
- ESC and iPSC Banking
- Stem Cell Plasticity
- Delaware
- Bladder: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Melanoma: Stem Cells
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Heart Disease
- Iran
- Moral Status of Embryos
- Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research
- In Vivo Stem Cell Study Assays
- International Stem Cell Forum
- Losordo, Douglas
- Pluripotent Stem Cells, Teratoma
- Fertility Treatment Creation of Germ Cells From Adult Cells
- Stem Cell Potency
- Florida
- Bladder: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Hematological Cancers
- Italy
- Unapproved Therapy, Ethics of
- ES Cell International
- Duke University
- Lineage Tracing
- Japan Human Cell Society
- Martino, Gianvito
- Food From Stem Cells
- Tissue Regeneration: Animals and Plants
- Georgia
- Bladder: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Skin Cancer
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Immunologic/Histiocytic Disorders
- Japan
- Fate Therapeutics
- Genetics Policy Institute
- Mouse ES Cell Isolation
- Lasker Foundation
- McCulloch, Ernest
- Gene Therapy: Hemoglobinopathies
- Tissue Regeneration: Humans
- Hawai’i
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Kidney Disease
- Korea
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- Harvard University
- MRI Tracking
- Medical Research Council (UK)
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- Transit Amplifying Cells
- Idaho
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Multiple Sclerosis
- Netherlands
- International Stem Cell Corporation
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Non-Human Primate Embryonic Stem Cells
- Michael J. Fox Foundation
- Pera, Martin
- Hearing Disease
- Illinois
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Parkinson’s Disease
- Norway
- Lentigen Corporation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Nuclear Transfer, Altered
- National Institutes of Health
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- Blood Adult Stem Cell: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Peripheral Vascular Disease
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Skin Transplants
- Singapore
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- Parthogenesis
- National Stem Cell Bank
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- Hematopoietic Transplantation: Gene Therapy
- Kansas
- Blood Adult Stem Cell: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Solid Tumors
- Spain
- New Biotech: Overview
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- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
- New York Stem Cell Foundation
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- Immune Disorders
- Kentucky
- Blood Adult Stem Cell: Major Pathologies
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Spinal Cord Injury
- Sweden
- Parcell Laboratories
- Kyoto University
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- In Utero Treatment
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- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Stroke
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- Steindler, Dennis
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- Maine
- Bone: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Clinical Trials, U.S.: Traumatic Brain Injury
- Taiwan
- Stem Cell Companies: Overview
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stem Cell Epigenetic: DNA Methylation
- Stem Cell Genome Anatomy Projects
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- TiGenix/Cellerix
- McMaster University
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- UK National Stem Cell Network
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- Radiation Injury Treatment
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- Mississippi
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- Skin Graft
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- Spinal Cord Injury
- Nebraska
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Viral Vectors: Lentivirus
- Stem Cell Banking
- Nevada
- Breast: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Pasteur Institute
- Transfusion Product: NK Cells
- New Hampshire
- Breast: Major Pathologies
- Peking University
- Transfusion Product: Platelets
- New Jersey
- Breast: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Princeton University
- Transfusion Product: Red Blood Cells
- New Mexico
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Reeve-Irvine Research Center
- Wound Repair
- New York
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Robarts Research Institute
- North Carolina
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Rockefeller University
- North Dakota
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Rutgers University
- Ohio
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Major Pathologies
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
- Oklahoma
- Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Scripps Research Institute
- Oregon
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- Sloan Kettering Institute
- Pennsylvania
- Dental: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Stanford University
- Rhode Island
- Dental: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- South Carolina
- Dental: Major Pathologies
- University of Bonn
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- Dental: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- University of British Columbia
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- Eyes: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- University of California, Berkeley
- Texas
- Eyes: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- University of California, Davis
- Utah
- Eyes: Development and Regeneration Potential
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Vermont
- Eyes: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
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- Virginia
- Eyes: Major Pathologies
- University of California, San Francisco
- Washington
- Eyes: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- University of Cambridge
- West Virginia
- Eyes: Tissue Function
- University of Connecticut
- Wisconsin
- Gonads, Female: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- University of Heidelberg
- Wyoming
- Gonads, Female: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- University of Melbourne
- Gonads, Female: Development and Regeneration Potential
- University of Miami
- Gonads, Female: Major Pathologies
- University of Michigan
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- Gonads, Male: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- University of Minnesota
- Gonads, Male: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Gonads, Male: Development and Regeneration Potential
- University of Oxford
- Gonads, Male: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- University of Pittsburgh
- Gonads, Male: Major Pathologies
- University of Southern California
- Gonads, Male: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- University of Strasbourg
- Graft Failure: Graft-Versus-Host Disease
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Gut: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- University of Tokyo
- Gut: Development and Regeneration Potential
- University of Toronto
- Gut: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Gut: Major Pathologies
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Gut: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
- Heart: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Vanderbilt of University
- Heart: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Wake Forest University
- Heart: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Heart: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Heart: Major Pathologies
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
- Heart: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Yale University
- Heart: Tissue Function
- Kidney: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Kidney: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Kidney: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Kidney: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Kidney: Major Pathologies
- Kidney: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Liver: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Liver: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Liver: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Liver: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Liver: Major Pathologies
- Liver: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Liver: Tissue Function
- Lung: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Lung: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Lung: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Lung: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Lung: Major Pathologies
- Lung: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Lung: Tissue Function
- Mesenchymal: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Mesenchymal: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Mesenchymal: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Mesenchymal: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Mesenchymal: Major Pathologies
- Mesenchymal: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Muscle: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Muscle: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Muscle: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Muscle: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Muscle: Major Pathologies
- Muscle: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Neural: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Neural: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Neural: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Neural: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Neural: Major Pathologies
- Neural: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Pancreas: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Pancreas: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Pancreas: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Pancreas: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Pancreas: Major Pathologies
- Pancreas: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Pancreas: Tissue Function
- Skin: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Skin: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Skin: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Skin: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Skin: Major Pathologies
- Skin: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Skin: Tissue Function
- Sweat Gland: Cell Types Composing the Tissue
- Sweat Gland: Current Research on Isolation or Production of Therapeutic Cells
- Sweat Gland: Development and Regeneration Potential
- Sweat Gland: Existing or Potential Regenerative Medicine Strategies
- Sweat Gland: Major Pathologies
- Sweat Gland: Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adults
- Vascular Stem Cell
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