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The purpose of this study was to investigate the involvement of mast cells (MCs) in the adipose tissues of patients with lymphedema. We found that fibrosis spread through blood vessels in the adipose tissues of lymphedema patients, and the expression of the collagen I and III genes was significantly increased compared to that of those in normal adipose tissue. Immunostaining of vimentin and \u03b1-smooth muscle actin showed that fibroblasts were the main cellular components in severely fibrotic regions. Toluidine blue staining confirmed a significant increase in the number of MCs in the adipose tissues of lymphedema patients, and immunostaining of serial sections of adipose tissue showed a significant increase in the number of tryptase-positive cells in lymphedema tissues compared with those in normal adipose tissues. Linear regression analyses revealed significant positive correlations between tryptase and the expressions of the TNF-\u03b1, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-A, and PDGFR-\u03b1 genes. PDGF-A\u2013positive staining was observed in both fibroblasts and granules of tryptase-positive MCs. These results suggest that MC-derived tryptase plays a role in the fibrosis of adipose tissue due to lymphedema directly or in cooperation with other mediators.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cimb45100507","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,2]],"date-time":"2023-10-02T04:53:36Z","timestamp":1696222416000},"page":"8027-8039","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Tryptase-Positive Mast Cells Promote Adipose Fibrosis in Secondary Lymphedema through PDGF"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Takashi","family":"Nuri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-8686, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5820-8168","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Denan","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Innovative Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-8686, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6196-4477","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shinji","family":"Takai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Innovative Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-8686, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Koichi","family":"Ueda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-8686, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1284","DOI":"10.1016\/S0360-3016(02)02831-6","article-title":"Postoperative low-pelvic irradiation for stage I-IIA cervical cancer patients with risk factors other than pelvic lymph node metastasis","volume":"53","author":"Hong","year":"2002","journal-title":"Int. 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