BookHossein Baharvand, Nasser Aghdami, editors.
Summary: Advances in stem cell research discusses recent advances in stem cell science, including therapeutic applications. This volume covers such topics as biomanufacturing iPS cells for therapeutic applications, techniques for controlling stem cell fate decisions, as well as current basic research in such areas as germ line stem cells, genomics and proteomics in stem cell research. It is a useful book for biology and clinical scientists, especially young investigators and stem cell biology students who are newly entering the world of stem cells research. The editors hope that the new knowledge and research outlined in this book will help contribute to new therapies for a wide variety of diseases that presently afflict humanity.
Contents:
ES Cell Lines from Tetraploid Mouse Blastocysts / Martin J. Pfeiffer, Martin Stehling, Anna Jauch and Michele Boiani
The Significance of Culture Adaptation of Embryonic Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine / Neil J. Harrison, Duncan Baker and Peter W. Andrews
Biomanufacturing Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Therapeutic Applications / Xiaojun Lian and Sean P. Palecek
hESC-Derived Hepatocytes / Iman Saramipoor Behbahan and Mark A. Zern
Advances in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology / Ali Seifinejad
iPS Cells: New Applications for Metabolic Liver Diseases / Tobias Cantz, Abbas Beh-Pajooh and Malte Sgodda
Vascular Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells / Helena Vazão, Mário Grãos and Lino Ferreira
Mechanism of MicroRNA-Mediated Global DNA Demethylation in Human iPS Cells / Shi-Lung Lin
Microtechnological Approaches in Stem Cell Science / Faramarz Edalat, Jae Min Cha, Hojae Bae, Sam Manoucheri and Sang Bok Kim, et al.
Application of Micro/Nanotechnology to Stem Cell Research and Technology / Amir R. Aref
Spermatogonial Stem Cells / Hossein Azizi, Sabine Conrad, Thomas Skutella and Irma Virant-Klun
Cellular Reprogramming and Fate Conversion / Masaki Ieda
Omics in Stem Cell Therapy: The Road Ahead / Kyunghee Byun, Goo-Bo Jeong, Trevor N. Collingwood and Bonghee Lee
Microglia: The Bodyguard and the Hunter of the Adult Neurogenic Niche / Jorge Valero, Maria Francisca Eiriz, Tiago Santos, Ismael Neiva and Raquel Ferreira, et al.
Immunosuppressive Properties of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells / Francesco Lanza, Diana Campioni, Endri Mauro, Annalisa Pasini and Roberta Rizzo
Cellular Therapy for Hematology Malignancies: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Transplantation, Graft-Versus-Host Disease, and Graft Versus Leukemia Effects / James L. M. Ferrara and Pavan Reddy
Cardiac Versus Non-Cardiac Stem Cells to Repair the Heart: The Role of Autocrine/Paracrine Signals / Manlio Vinciguerra, Vincenzo Lionetti, Carlo Ventura and Nadia Rosenthal
Adult Neurogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease and Therapies / Philippe Taupin.