FIGURE 1.
Adipocyte-tumor cell crosstalk in tumor microenvironment and tumor macroenvironment. (In the TME, CAA interacts with tumor cells via autocrine and paracrine signalings. Additionally, CAA indirectly promotes tumor cells via various host cell types in the TME. In contrast, distant adipose tissue systemically interacts with tumor cells or host cells via endocrine signalings).