Fig. 6: Cell-cell interaction in iWAT determined by ligand-receptors.

a Heat map showing number of significant interactions between preadipocyte with other cell types in iWAT at different time points as determined by CellphoneDB with all receptors and ligands. b Heat map showing number of significant interactions between preadipocyte with other cell types in iWAT at different time points as determined by CellphoneDB with all receptors and ligands of TGFβ superfamily. c Expression of receptors and ligands of TGFβ superfamily in Pa0-Pa18 preadipocyte. d Expression of receptors and ligands of TGFβ superfamily in mural cells, endothyliocyte and schwann cell. e Expression of receptors and ligands of TGFβ superfamily in immune cell groups.