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. 2023 Jul 5;12(13):1784. doi: 10.3390/cells12131784
α-SMA Alpha smooth muscle actin LEC Lymphatic endothelial cell
ADSCs Adipose-derived stem cells Lymphoid-like Lymphoid-like cell
ADAMTS Disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs Mac Macrophage
AEC Arterial endothelial cells MAIT Mucosal-associated invariant T cell
AFG Autologous fat grafting MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
APC Adipocyte precursor cells MC Mast cell
BC B cell mCD8 T Mature CD8 T cell
BKC Basal keratinocyte mNK Mature natural killer cell
BMI Body mass index Myeloid-like Myeloid-like cell
CCNs Cellular communication network factors nCD4 T Naïve CD4 T cell
cDC Classic dendritic cell nCD8 T Naïve CD8 T cell
CEC Capillary endothelial cell ncMos Non-classic monocytes
DC Dendritic cell NK-like Natural killer-like cell
CD Cluster of differentiation PC Pericyte
CTGF Connective tissue growth factor PCA Principal component analysis
DEGs Differentially expressed genes scRNA-seq Single-cell RNA sequencing
DKC Differentiating keratinocytes SMC Smooth muscle cell
EC Endothelial cell SNN Shared nearest neighbour
ECM Extracellular matrix SSc Scleroderma
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition SVF Stromal vascular fraction
FACS Fluorescence-activated cell sorting TC T cell
FB Fibroblast TGF-β1 Transforming growth factor 1
FGFRs Fibroblast growth factor receptors TIMPs Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases
GEO Gene expression omnibus TREG Regulatory T cells
GO Gene Ontology UMAP Uniform manifold approximation and projection
IFATS International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science VEC Venous endothelial cell
ILC Innate lymphoid cell WAT White adipose tissue
KEGG Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes