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ArticleEndocrine reviews2023

Update on Adipose Tissue and Cancer.

Kristy A Brown, Philipp E Scherer

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Article in Endocrine reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
26.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Recent Advances in the Interorgan Regulatory Roles of Adipose Tissue].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristy A BrownDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-5546
Philipp E SchererTouchstone Diabetes Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Cornell University · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey M Zigman · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Metabolic Benefits of Leptin ReductionR01DK127274 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI JOEL K. ELMQUIST, PHILIPP E SCHERER · 2021 to 2026
$5.1M
Obesity Increases Breast Cancer Penetrance in BRCA Mutation Carriers: A Role for Local and Systemic FactorsR01CA215797 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BROWN, KRISTY A. · 2017 to 2021
$2.6M
Physiological Role of Dedifferentiating Dermal Adipose TissueR01DK131537 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCHERER, PHILIPP E · 2022 to 2025
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215797NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127274NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipose tissue is the largest endocrine organ and an accepted contributor to overall energy homeostasis. There is strong evidence linking increased adiposity to the development of 13 types of cancer. With increased adiposity comes metabolic dysfunction and insulin resistance, and increased systemic insulin and glucose support the growth of many cancers, including those of the colon and endometrium. There is also an important direct crosstalk between adipose tissue and various organs. For instance, the healthy development and function of the mammary gland, as well as the development, growth, and progression of breast cancer, are heavily impacted by the breast adipose tissue in which breast epithelial cells are embedded. Cells of the adipose tissue are responsive to external stimuli, including overfeeding, leading to remodeling and important changes in the secretion of factors known to drive the development and growth of cancers. Loss of factors like adiponectin and increased production of leptin, endotrophin, steroid hormones, and inflammatory mediators have been determined to be important mediators of the obesity-cancer link. Obesity is also associated with a structural remodeling of the adipose tissue, including increased localized fibrosis and disrupted angiogenesis that contribute to the development and progression of cancers. Furthermore, tumor cells feed off the adipose tissue, where increased lipolysis within adipocytes leads to the release of fatty acids and stromal cell aerobic glycolysis leading to the increased production of lactate. Both have been hypothesized to support the higher energetic demands of cancer cells. Here, we aim to provide an update on the state of the literature revolving around the role of the adipose tissue in cancer initiation and progression.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceNeoplasmsAdipocytesAdipose TissueAdiposityFemaleHumansObesityadipokinesadipose tissuecancerobesity

Identifiers

PMID37260403
PMCPMC10638602
OpenAlexW4378953633

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