"Adipocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cells in the body that store FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. WHITE ADIPOCYTES are the predominant type and found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue. BROWN ADIPOCYTES are thermogenic cells that can be found in newborns of some species and hibernating mammals.
| Descriptor ID |
D017667
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.114
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| Concept/Terms |
Adipocytes- Adipocytes
- Adipocyte
- Lipocytes
- Lipocyte
- Fat Cells
- Cell, Fat
- Cells, Fat
- Fat Cell
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adipocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Understanding adipocyte heterogeneity across species, depot, and disease. Biochem Soc Trans. 2026 Aug 26; 54(8):959-972.
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Ancestry-informative regulatory variants at KCNB1 modulate adipogenesis and body mass index. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026; 17:1805824.
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Cytoarchitectural multi-depot profiling reveals immune-metabolic crosstalk in human colon-associated adipose tissue. Cell Metab. 2026 Feb 03; 38(2):419-433.e9.
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Creatine kinase B regulates glycolysis and de novo lipogenesis pathways to control lipid accumulation during adipogenesis. Cell Rep. 2025 11 25; 44(11):116489.
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Cold exposure induces the constitutively active thermogenic receptor, GPR3, via ERRa and ERR?. Mol Metab. 2026 Jan; 103:102277.
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Towards a consensus atlas of human and mouse adipose tissue at single-cell resolution. Nat Metab. 2025 May; 7(5):875-894.
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The GIP receptor activates futile calcium cycling in white adipose tissue to increase energy expenditure and drive weight loss in mice. Cell Metab. 2025 Jan 07; 37(1):187-204.e7.
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Anti-adipogenesis and anti-obesity potential of alliin mediated by modulating glycolipid metabolism via activating PPAR? signaling. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2024 11; 397(11):8707-8723.
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Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology. Nature. 2024 03; 627(8003):347-357.
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Endocrine aspects of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Beyond insulin resistance. J Hepatol. 2023 12; 79(6):1524-1541.