Angiogenesis in Adipose Tissue

Preface.- Angiogenesis in diseases and therapy.- Spatiotemporal relation of adipocytes and vascular cells during development.- Adipose stem cells.- Adipose stromal cells.- Vascular adipose complex.- Blood vessels in white and brown adipose tissue.- Lymphatic system in adipose tissues.- The vascular endothelium of the adipose tissue gives rise to both white and brown fat cells.- Vascular and endothelial regeneration.- Angiogenic factors and adipokines in adipose tissue.- Role of NPY in brown adipose tissue and obesity.- Leptin, adiponectin and other angiogenic adipokines in regulation of adipose angiogenesis.- Regulation of adipose angiogenesis by inflammatory cells.- Immune cells in adipose tissue: key players in metabolic.- Adipose tissue hypoxia in regulation of angiogenesis and obesity.- Mouse models to study adipose angiogenesis.- Adipose angiogenesis models in mice and methodology.- Mouse genetic models in studying adipose angiogenesis.- Adipose tissue facilitates tumor angiogenesis and growth.- Adipose tissue-derived progenitor cells and cancer.- Adipose-derived endothelial precursor cells in supporting.- Engineering of vascularized adipose constructs.- Index.