Generation of mature fat pads in vitro and in vivo utilizing 3-D long-term culture of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes

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Tissue-inherent factors such as cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions are regarded to exert a potentially large impact on adipogenesis as well as on secretory functions of adipose tissue. However, an appropriate 3-D adipogenesis model ...

Periodical:  Exp Cell Res  2004/09/24

Authors:  Fischbach, C., Spruss, T., Weiser, B., Neubauer, M., Becker, C., Hacker, M., Gopferich, A., Blunk, T.

Keywords:  *Adipocytes/metabolism, *Tissue Engineering, 3T3-L1 Cells, Animals, Bioreactors, Cell Culture Techniques/instrumentation/methods, Gene Expression, Mice, Proteins/metabolism, RNA, Messenger/metabolism, Triglycerides/metabolism