The anterior fat pad has been the villian as a cause for pain and arthofibrosis for long. Was it because it has highly vascular, neural and now believed to contain mesenchymal stem cells. With its rich vascular anastomosis it could be the pericytes here, the major store house for MSC. The smart guys at Osaka are already culturing MSCs from fat pad.
It it time to think of using fat pad derived cells in repair of meniscus , acl reconstruction etc.
It it time to think of using fat pad derived cells in repair of meniscus , acl reconstruction etc.
