Factors That Influence Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells' Yield and Viability

Human adipose tissue has been shown to contain a group of cells that possess extensive proliferative capacity and the ability to differentiate into multiple cell lineages. Cells isolated from the fatty portion are termed processed lipoaspirate cells that contain adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRCs). ADRCs are most conveniently extracted from tissue during an elective cosmetic liposuction procedure but may also be obtained from resected adipose tissue. This study is aimed to verify if there are differences between the number and viability of cells obtained from patients with different age, sex, Body Mass Index (BMI), smoking and physical activity, within the different amount of processed fat.