The study was published Jan. 28 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Previous research has shown that during fibrosis, fat cells in the skin called adipocytes are depleted. Why that happens ...

The new atlas shows the types of cells in fat tissue and their functions but doesn’t clarify if the differences cause ...

By contrast, experts generally believe that fat located directly beneath the skin is less problematic. For the study, it was vital that the adipose tissue cells were not all simply lumped together, as ...

acnes infections, the researchers biopsied skin samples from six acne patients and probed the fibroblast transcriptome with single-cell RNA sequencing. They found that two subsets of fibroblasts had ...

Find out why men get potbellies including the role of fat cells and unhealthy eating habits Learn from experts about the causes and how to tackle this common problem for better health ...