Reports outline obesity and diabetes research from University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

New research, "Adipogenesis in obesity requires close interplay between differentiating adipocytes, stromal cells, and blood vessels," is the subject of a report. According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "The expansion of adipose tissue mass seen in obesity involves both hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipocytes. However, little is known about how adipocytes, adipocyte precursors, blood vessels, and stromal cells interact with one another to achieve adipogenesis. We have developed a confocal microscopy-based method of three-dimensional visualization of intact living adipose tissue that enabled us to simultaneously evaluate angiogenesis and adipogenesis in db/db mice."

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