Melinda Fernyhough-Culver

TL;DR: It seems that in the pig and humans, INTMF and VAT share a similar pattern of distribution and a similar association of components dictating insulin sensitivity, while in pigs, the relationship between leanness and higher proportions of IN TMF fat in pigs was not observed in human studies and was not corroborated by other pig studies.

TL;DR: The contribution of adipose and muscle stem cell research to development and growth, tissue regeneration, and final carcass composition are reviewed.

TL;DR: The papers comprising this issue will underscore numerous differences in cellularity (development, histogenesis, growth, metabolic function, regulation) of different adipose depots, useful in deciphering adipose depot involvement both in normal physiology and in pathology.

TL;DR: Wagyu cattle is the one that presents unique molecular mechanisms underlying the deposit of substantial amounts of intramuscular fat, and this review is focused on current knowledge of such mechanisms related to adipose tissue deposition using Wagyu cattle as model.

TL;DR: Wagyu IMF dedifferentiated DFAT cells exhibited unique adipogenesis modes in vitro, revealing a useful cell model for studying adipogenesis and lipid metabolism and utilization of flat plate approaches will allow more efficient study of the dedifferentiation process or the DFAT progeny cells.