“…Adipose tissue represents an abundant and accessible source of adult stem cells that can be differentiated into osteogenic [Im et al, 2005;Shi et al, 2005;Weinzierl et al, 2006;Qu et al, 2007], adipogenic [Gimble and Guilak, 2003;Qu et al, 2007], chondrogenic [Huang et al, 2004;Qu et al, 2007], and myogenic cells in a lineage-specific culture medium [Zuk et al, 2001;Rada et al, 2009]. Adipose tissue-derived MSCs (AdMSCs) possess a number of advantages over bone marrow MSCs (BMSCs), including a sufficient supply with minimally invasive procurement [Rada et al, 2009].…”