Deciphering the metabolic and endocrine profile of healthy adipocytes

肥胖与代谢性疾病的发展有关，然而，越来越清楚的是，在预测与肥胖有关的健康风险时，多余脂肪储存在哪里更为重要。该项目旨在确定最终成为脂肪细胞的脂肪细胞祖细胞是否被“预先编程”，以及这些细胞的差异是否解释了身体不同部位健康或不健康脂肪的产生。

Obesity is associated with the development of metabolic diseases, however, it is becoming clear that it is where the excess fat is stored that is more important when predicting the health risks associated with obesity. This project aims to identify whether adipocyte progenitor cells, which eventually become fat cells, are ‘preprogrammed’ and whether differences in these cells explain the generation of either healthy or unhealthy fat in different locations of the body.