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ArticleCell transplantation

Deciphering the Emerging Roles of Adipocytes and Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Fat Transplantation.

Yi Yi, Weijie Hu, Chongru Zhao, Min Wu, Hong Zeng, Mingchen Xiong, Wenchang Lv, Yiping Wu, Qi Zhang

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Article in Cell transplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yi YiDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Weijie HuDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Chongru ZhaoDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Min WuDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hong ZengDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Mingchen XiongDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wenchang LvDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yiping WuDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qi ZhangDepartment of Plastic Surgery, 66375Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0564-9215
Tongji Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autologous fat transplantation is widely regarded as an increasingly popular method for augmentation or reshaping applications in soft tissue defects. Although the fat transplantation is of simple applicability, low donor site morbidity and excellent biocompatibility, the clinical unpredictability and high resorption rates of the fat grafts remain an inevitable problem. In the sites of fat transplantation, the most essential components are the adipocyte and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs). The survival of adipocytes is the direct factor determining fat retention. The efficacy of fat transplantation is reduced by fat absorption and fibrosis due to the inadequate blood flow, adipocyte apoptosis and fat necrosis. ADSCs, a heterogeneous mixture of cells in adipose tissue, are closely related to tissue survival. ADSCs exhibit the ability of multilineage differentiation and remarkable paracrine activity, which is crucial for graft survival. This article will review the recent existing research on the mechanisms of adipocytes and ADSCs in fat transplantation, especially including adipocyte apoptosis, mature adipocyte dedifferentiation, adipocyte browning, ADSCs adipogenic differentiation and ADSCs angiogenesis. The in-depth understanding of the survival mechanism will be extremely valuable for achieving the desired filling effects.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsHumansMiceStem CellsStem Cell Transplantationadipocyteadipogenic differentiationadipose-derived stem cellsangiogenesisapoptosisfat transplantation

Identifiers

PMID33650919
PMCPMC7930646
OpenAlexW3134267540

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