title: Hyperglycemia diverts dividing stem cells to pathological adipogenesis.
abstract: This commentary proposes a mechanism for why murine diabetic adipose tissue contains very few remaining stem cells compared with normal adipose tissue. The mechanism involves the diversion of stem cells to pathological adipocytes when they divide in hyperglycemia.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hascall
authors.forename: Aimin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications*; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*