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Choosing an Adipose Tissue Depot for Sampling

Factors in Selection and Depot Specificity

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Adipose Tissue Protocols

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology™ ((MIMB,volume 456))

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The importance and the role of adipose tissues are now largely expanded not only because the very high occurrence of obesity but also because the emerging view that adipose tissue could be a reservoir of therapeutic cells. A critical examination of the adipose tissue features according to their location shows that sampling is not as easy as previously thought and needs special attention to heterogeneity and differences. We discussed here these different points and give precise protocols to sample the different adipose tissues and manipulate them.

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    Louis Casteilla, Luc Pénicaud, Béatrice Cousin & Denis Calise

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Casteilla, L., Pénicaud, L., Cousin, B., Calise, D. (2008). Choosing an Adipose Tissue Depot for Sampling. In: Yang, K. (eds) Adipose Tissue Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 456. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-245-8_2

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