Mandl, Markus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-8994
Viertler, Hans P.
Zopoglou, Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-4869
Mitterberger-Vogt, Maria C.
Gasser, Juliane
Hatzmann, Florian M.
Rauchenwald, Tina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7555-1582
Zwierzina, Marit E.
Mattesich, Monika
Weiss, Alexander K. H.
Mottes, Lorenza
Brucker, Camille
Waldegger, Petra
Pierer, Gerhard
Zwerschke, Werner http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1137-2953
Article History
Received: 19 September 2022
Revised: 20 October 2022
Accepted: 21 October 2022
First Online: 3 November 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors declare no competing interests.Subcutaneous white adipose tissue (sWAT) samples were obtained from patients undergoing routine elective plastic abdominal surgery at the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. All patients gave their informed written consent. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria) according to the Declaration of Helsinki.