title: Cell supermarket: adipose tissue as a source of stem cells.
abstract: Adipose tissue is derived from numerous sources, and in recent years this tissue has been shown to provide numerous cells from what seemingly was a population of homogeneous adipocytes. Considering the types of cells that adipose tissue-derived cells may form, these cells may be useful in a variety of clinical and scientific applications. The focus of this paper is to reflect on this area of research and to provide a list of potential (future) research areas.
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Dodson
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA ; 2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA ; 3. Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: 4. United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Services, Athens, GA 30605, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hausman
authors.affiliation: 5. Program in Cellular and Molecular Biosciences, Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Bergen
keywords: adipocytes; mature adipocytes; stem cells; stromal vascular cells; transdifferentiation