The expression of fatty acid synthase (FASN), an enzyme involved in de novo lipogenesis as well as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) and which catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of TAGs, was markedly elevated in the adipocytes derived from both sub- and visADMSCs of obese patients (with or without metabolic syndrome). This evidence concerns the gene DGAT1 and metabolic syndrome.