title: [Research and application progress of adipose-derived stem cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the biochemical characteristics, application progress, and prospects of the adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs).
  
  
  METHODS
  The recent original experimental and clinical literature about ADSCs was extensively reviewed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ADSCs can be readily harvested in large numbers from adipose tissue with properties of stable proliferation and potential differentiation in vitro. Significant progress of ADSCs is made in the animal experiment and the clinical application. It has been widely used in the clinical treatment of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, encephalopathy, and tissue engineering repair.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ADSCs have gradually replaced bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and become the focused hot spot of regenerative medicine and stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Murad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, P.R.China.
authors.forename: Xuqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Huaihong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bian
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006801:Humans; D013234:Stem Cells; D023822:Tissue Engineering