A team of City of Hope scientistsan American organization known for their research on cancer and diabetes, has made an important Discovery on the reason why as it ages they earn centimeters around the waist.
The main conclusion of the study, which has been published in the scientific journal Sciencethe thing is It is not our fattening when you turn. Everything is due to the emergence of A type of stem cell.
“We discover that aging leads to the emergence of a new type of adult stem cell and Increases the mass production of new fatty cells in the body, particularly in the abdominal area “explained the co -author of the Qiong study (Annabel) Wang, PHD, molecular and cellular endocrinologist in City of Hope.
It should be noted that to extract that relevant conclusion, the City of Hope researchers first made a series of Studies in mice And later, They confirmed the discovery in human cells.
As the Polish media collects Electionresearch has focused on white adipose tissue, which is the largest energy reserve in humans. Specifically, The study has been based on Adipocyte’s progenitor cells (APC).
Researchers have shown that Aging transforms APC cells into a new type of stem cells called Age Specific Committed Predipocytes (CP-A). The CP-A cells that arise in the middle age actively produce new adipose cellswhich explains why older individuals gain weight.
Scientists have stressed that This finding could help address the problem of age -related obesity. The next step would be to achieve Control the formation of new fatty cells.
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