title: Bonghan system as mesenchymal stem cell niches and pathways of macrophages in adipose tissues.
abstract: A new technique for visualizing Bonghan ducts (BHDs) and Bonghan corpuscles (BHCs) was developed by using a vivi-staining dye, Trypan blue. The dye stains BHDs and BHCs preferentially to adipocytes so that tracking a BHD and a BHC, even inside adipose tissues, is possible. Concerning the functions of the BHD and the BHC in adipose tissues, we propose conjectures: the Bonghan system may be niches for mesenchymal stem cells, which can differentiate into adipocytes, and pathways for macrophages involved in adipogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Cheon
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Gil-Ja
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jhon
authors.forename: Kwang-Sup
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Soh
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D008264:Macrophages / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D014343:Trypan Blue / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003503:Cyclobutanes; D014343:Trypan Blue; C058254:sibutramine