What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Obesity and cardiometabolic disease.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This review aims to elucidate the role of human adipose tissue in metabolic health and disease.

April 26, 2026DiabetologiaOpen Access

Perspectives on human adipose tissue: from cellular mechanisms to clinical complications

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

Human adipocytes are continuously renewed, and impaired lipid turnover within these cells predisposes individuals to weight gain and type 2 diabetes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Key result

Impaired adipocyte lipid turnover is linked to increased weight gain and type 2 diabetes risk.

Why the study?

Perturbations in human white adipose tissue turnover, size regulation, and cellular heterogeneity underpin the transition from metabolic health to obesity-related disease.

Design

Review

Authors

MRMikael RydénKarolinska University Hospital

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Implication

Supports adipose dynamics assessment in obesity care; leaves open therapeutic targeting of WAT heterogeneity pending rigorous trials.

Key Points

This review aims to elucidate the role of human adipose tissue in metabolic health and disease.
Review of findings from clinical studies and mechanistic insights related to adipocyte dynamics.
Integration of spatial transcriptomics to characterize adipocyte states and composition.
Discussion of clinical implications of obesity-related alterations in adipose tissue.
Adipocytes exhibit continuous renewal, with impaired lipid turnover linked to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Obesity induces lasting changes in adipose tissue that complicate weight maintenance efforts.
Increased diversity of adipocyte states in WAT influences metabolic responses and treatment efficacy.

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Population

Obesity and cardiometabolic disease

Advances in spatial transcriptomics and lipid turnover dynamics redefine human white adipose tissue as an active driver of cardiometabolic disease, highlighting new therapeutic targets.

Limitations

Biological diversity related to sex and ethnicity remains incompletely understood.
The stability and reversibility of adipocyte states in humans is unresolved.
Direct evidence linking specific adipocyte states to cardiometabolic endpoints in humans is lacking.

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Mikael Rydén (2026) conducted a review in Obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Human adipocytes are continuously renewed with a mean lifespan of approximately 10 years, and impaired lipid turnover within these cells predisposes individuals to weight gain and type 2 diabetes.

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Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling

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