From Brown to White: Brown Adipose Tissue Endothelial Cells whiten in Culture Conditions
Tabea Elschner, Stephan Grein, Jana Sander, Staffan Hildebrand, Lara Heubach, Nina Pannwitz, Maria Mircea, Elba Raimundez, Vasiliki Karagiannakou, Anastasia Georgiadi, Jöerg Heeren, Jan Hasenauer, Alexander Pfeifer, Kerstin Wilhelm-Jüngling
This paper isolates and cultures endothelial cells from brown and white adipose tissue, showing that brown adipose tissue endothelial cells lose their identity in culture and adopt features of white adipose and lymphatic endothelial cells.
Molecular Metabolism · Mar 13, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology