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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Bone marrow adipocytes: key players in vascular niches, aging, and disease.

Yonggang Fan, Mai Elkhalek, Yuheng Zhang, Lu Liu, Qi Tian, Nareekarn Chueakula, Saravana K Ramasamy, Rinkoo Dalan, Shukry J Habib, Anjali P Kusumbe

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Hematopoietic Aging and Leukemia: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Insights.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Aging-Driven Inter-Organ Crosstalk in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: From Immunometabolic Drift to Multisystem Frailty.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 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

10 authors.

Yonggang Fan *Tissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Mai Elkhalek *Tissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Yuheng ZhangTissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Lu LiuTissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Qi TianTissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Nareekarn ChueakulaTissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Saravana K RamasamyLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Rinkoo DalanLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Shukry J HabibDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Anjali P KusumbeTissue and Tumor Microenvironments Lab, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow adipocytes (BMAs) are emerging as metabolically active endocrine organs within the bone marrow microenvironment, engaging in extensive crosstalk with vascular niches, osteogenic cells, and hematopoietic compartments. In aging and metabolic disorders, mesenchymal and adipocyte progenitors undergo significant quantitative and qualitative transformations that shift from osteogenesis toward adipogenesis. This enhanced adipogenic profile alters the secretion of key adipokines and cytokines, thereby impairing endothelial function, destabilizing the vascular niche, and reducing hematopoietic stem cell support-culminating in bone fragility and disrupted blood cell production. Central to these alterations are pivotal signaling pathways, which orchestrate the interplay between BMAs and their surrounding cells. Furthermore, factors like oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and endocrine dysregulation modulate BMA behavior and exacerbate their impact on marrow homeostasis. In this comprehensive review, we integrate recent advances that elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying BMA function and their complex interactions with vascular niches. We also discuss therapeutic strategies designed to modulate BMA-mediated pathways and their downstream effects on aging and a range of diseases.

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agingbonebone marrow adipocytesendothelial cellvascular niches

Identifiers

PMID40852589
PMCPMC12367753

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