CPC C12N 5/0653 (2013.01) [A61K 35/35 (2013.01); C12N 5/0663 (2013.01); C12N 5/0667 (2013.01); G01N 33/50 (2013.01); G01N 33/5044 (2013.01); C12N 2501/105 (2013.01); C12N 2501/11 (2013.01); C12N 2501/115 (2013.01); C12N 2501/155 (2013.01); C12N 2501/165 (2013.01); C12N 2501/33 (2013.01); C12N 2501/999 (2013.01); C12N 2502/115 (2013.01); C12N 2506/13 (2013.01); C12N 2506/1346 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An in vitro method of producing brown/beige adipocytes comprising:
contacting cells selected from white adipose tissue cells and mesenchymal stem cells, with a differentiation medium comprising serum, a glucocorticoid and a mix of growth factors comprising a growth factor of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) family, a growth factor of the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) family, an insulin-like growth factor and a growth factor of the Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) family, until obtaining adipogenic progenitor cells,
contacting said adipogenic progenitor cells with an adipogenic agent until obtaining brown/beige adipocytes, and
optionally recovering said brown/beige adipocytes.
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