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Cellular Physiology
Research conducted at Nihon University, Medical Department has provided new information about cellular physiology
July 2nd, 2008
According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "When mature adipocytes are subjected to an in vitro dedifferentiation strategy referred to as ceiling culture, these mature adipocytes can revert to a more primitive phenotype and gain cell proliferative ability. We refer to these cells as dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells." "In the present study, we examined the multilineage differentiation potential of DFAT cells. DFAT cells obtained from adipose tissues of 18 donors exhibited a fibroblast-like morphology and sustained high proliferative activity. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that DFAT cells comprised a highly homogeneous cell population compared with that of...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-07-02)
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