“…Recognition of the adipocyte as a cell type with complex functioning including endocrine, paracrine and autocrine capacity has aroused research interest in disciplines such as nephrology, cardiology, and endocrinology, and it has become a fertile ground for scientific debate. Its wide heterogeneity of location, functions, proteomics, and metabolomics ( 1 ) are particularly important in adiposity, where changes in function and volume are associated with increased cardiorenal and metabolic risk ( Figure 1 ).…”