“…Similar alterations have also been described in adipose tissue (Sun, Tordjman, Clement, & Scherer, 2013). Interestingly, undifferentiated adipogenic progenitor cells are a major source of ECM components in AT (Kubo, Kaidzu, Nakajima, Takenouchi, & Nakamura, 2000; Nakajima, Yamaguchi, Ozutsumi, & Aso, 1998), suggesting that alterations in progenitor cell function with increased age may contribute to homeostatic changes in the tissue matrix (Tchkonia et al, 2010). Periostin is a secreted factor and its binding integrin heterodimers has been shown to activate protein kinase B and the focal adhesion kinase‐mediated intracellular signaling (Idolazzi et al, 2017; Kuhn et al, 2007; Morra & Moch, 2011).…”