A Human 3D Extracellular Matrix-Adipocyte Culture Model for Studying Matrix-Cell Metabolic CrosstalkCarmen G. Flesher 1, Nicki A. Baker 1, Clarissa Strieder-Barboza 1,2, Dominic Polsinelli 5, Phillip J. Webster 1,2, Oliver A. Varban 1, Carey N. Lumeng 2,3,4, Robert W. O'Rourke 1,6
1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 2Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, 3Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, 4Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, 5Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan, 6Department of Surgery, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
We describe a 3D human extracellular matrix-adipocyte in vitro culture system that permits dissection of the roles of the matrix and adipocytes in contributing to adipose tissue metabolic phenotype.
