title: [Adipose tissues and wound healing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the relationship between the adipose tissues and cutaneous morphogenesis on wound healing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adipose tissues' participation in regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, fuel metabolism, and a variety of other physiological processes was reviewed in the latest literature. The wound healing was regulated by endocrine, paracrine, and adipocyte-derived molecules.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several factors secreted by adipose tissues (leptin, cytokines, growth factors, lipids, metallothioneins, ect) regulated wound healing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adipose tissues may play a vital role in the process of wound healing. Further understanding of the complex interaction between adipose cells and cutaneous morphogenesis is essential to explore the mechanism of wound healing.
authors.affiliation: The Key Research Laboratory of Wound Repair of PLA, 304th Clinical Department, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100037, P R China.
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xiaobing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D020738:Leptin