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A Microphysiologic Platform for Human Fat: Sandwiched White Adipose Tissue
Published on: August 15, 2018
adiposetissue.org: A knowledge portal integrating clinical and experimental data from human adipose tissue
Jiawei Zhong1, Danae Zareifi1, Sophie Weinbrenner2
1Department of Medicine (H7), Karolinska Institutet, C2-94, Karolinska University Hospital, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
We developed the Adipose Tissue Knowledge Portal by centralizing previously dispersed datasets, integrating clinical and experimental results with transcriptomic and proteomic data from >6,000 women and men. The platform includes multiple adipose depots, resident cell types, and adipocyte perturbation studies. By providing streamlined data access, the portal enables integrative analyses and serves as a powerful tool to interrogate various dimensions of adipose biology down to the single-cell level.
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