Adipogenesis of adipose progenitor cells is considered metabolically beneficial. Two laboratories have simultaneously discovered that adipose progenitors also give rise to structural WNT-regulated adipose tissue-resident (SWAT) cells during adipogenesis to maintain the progenitor pool.
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Q.A.W. is supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01AG063854, R01HD096152, R01DK128907, and the American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Development Award 1-19-JDF-023.
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Wang, G., Wang, Q.A. Maintenance of adipose progenitors in adipogenesis. Nat Metab 5, 917–919 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-023-00810-1
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