GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ADIPOSE-TISSUE DURING EARLY GESTATION
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ADIPOSE-TISSUE DURING EARLY GESTATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0378-3782(83)90028-2
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
BOOKSTEIN, FL
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作者:
POISSONNET, CM;BURDI, AR;BOOKSTEIN, FL
Normal-for-age human embryos and fetuses (805) were used to study early prenatal fat development. The investigation included observations on stages of fat morphogenesis at the light microscopic level and computerized image analyses of fat lobule size and number. The buccal fat pad was selected as a model system for the analyses. Fat tissue differentiates between the 14th and the 16th wk: there are 5 morphogenic phases in adipose tissue formation, strongly associated with the formation of blood vessels. Fat lobules are the earliest structures to be identified before typical vacuolated fat cells appear. Concerning fat lobule size and number, after the 23rd wk, the total number of fat lobules remains approximately constant, while from the 23rd-29th wk, the growth of adipose tissue is determined mainly by an increase in size of the lobules. The 14th-23rd wk is a sensitive period in fat lobule development and disturbances of normal adipogenesis during this period may play a role in the etiology of obesity in later life.