Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein enhances adipose tissue stromal progenitor differentiation into myofibroblasts and is upregulated in fibrotic white adipose tissue

• Mike Jager,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mi-Jeong Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Chendi Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Stephen R. Farmer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Susan K. Fried,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Matthew D. Layne

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mlayne@bu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-4870

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