Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Volume 1 xiii
Preface
Expert Commentaries
Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer‘s Disease
(Philippe Taupin, National Neuroscience Institute, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) pp, 1-6
Adult neurogenesis and depression: a novel theory for depression?
(Philippe Taupin, National Neuroscience Institute, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) pp, 7-10
Mannan-Binding Lectin and Stem Cell Transplantation
(David C. Kilpatrick, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.) pp, 11-16
Sexuality of Men Treated by Means of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
(Ladislav Slovacek, Dept. of Field Internal Medicine, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Univ. of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Dept. of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy, Charles Univ. Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Birgita Slovackova, Dept. of Psychiatry, Charles Univ. Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) pp, 17-24
Short Communications
Therapeutic Potential of the Newly Characterized Human Blood-Derived Stem Cell in Type 1 Diabetes
(Yong Zhao, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Lijun Yang, Dept. of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Florida, College of Medicine) pp, 25-36
Recent Progress of Radiation Research: Cancer Stem Cells and ncRNAs
(Hideshi Ishii, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, National Institute for Radiological Science, Japan, Toshiyuki Saito, National Institute for Radiological Science, Japan) pp, 37-48
Recruitment of Transplanted Dermal Multipotent Cells to the Injured Sites of Rats with Combined Radiation and Wound Injury by SDF-1/CXCR4 Interaction
(Zong Zhaowen, Ran Xinze, Cheng Tianmin, Institute of Combined Injury, School of Military Preventive Medicine, China) pp, 49-58
Neural cell differentiation from embryonic stem cell by the Neural Stem Sphere method
(Takashi Nakayama, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Masahiro Otsu, Nobuo Inoue, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) pp, 59-66
Research and Review Studies
Stem Cell Applications in Disease Research: Recent Advances on Stem Cell and Cancer Stem Cell Biology and their Therapeutic Implications
(Murielle Mimeault, Surinder K. Batra, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eppley Institute of Cancer and Allied Diseases, Univ. NebraskaMedical Center, Omaha, NE) pp, 67-108
Stem Cell Applications in Diabetes
(Hirofumi Noguchi, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, USA, Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, USA) pp, 109-130
Stem Cells in Kidney Diseases
(Soler María José, Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, Ortiz-Perez José Tomas, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) pp, 131-152
Role of Surviving in Adult Stem Cells and Cancer
(Seiji Fukuda, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Dept. of Pediatrics, Shimane Univ. Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan, Louis M. Pelus, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN) pp, 153-166
Cancer Stem Cells
(Saranya Chumsri, Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Cancer Center, Angelika M. Burger, Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Cancer Center, Dept. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Univ. of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) pp, 167-180
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Diseases: State of the Art and Future Prospects
(Gael Y. Rochefort, C.L. Benhamou, INSERM, CHR ORLEANS, Orleans, France) pp, 181-210
Radial Glia in the Repair of Central Nervous System Injury
(Kulbatski I., Tator C.H., Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Canada) pp, 211-238
A Review of Corneal Epithelial Stem Cell Therapy
(David Hui-Kang Ma, Arvin Chi-Chin Sun, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Jui-Yang Lai, Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taiwan) pp, 239-280
Towards Image-Guided Stem Cell Therapy
(Kimberly J. Blackwood, Eric Sabondjian, Donna E Goldhawk, Lawson Health Research Institute, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, Canada) pp, 281-308
Human Post-Natal Stem Cells in Organs Produced by Tissue Engineering for Clinical Applications
(Lucie Germain, Danielle Larouche, Francois A. Auger, Julie Fradette, LOEX Laboratory, Centre de Recherche, Hopital du Saint-Sacrement du Chauq, Quebec, Dept. de Chirurgie, d’Oto-rhino-laryngologie et ophtalmologie, Univ. Laval, Quebec, Canada) pp, 309-336
Cell Differentiation: Therapeutical Challenges in Diabetes
(Enrique Roche, Nestor Vicente-Salar, Maribel Arribas, Instituto de Bioingenieria, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain) pp, 337-362
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Therapy in Liver Disease
(Aurich I, Martin Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Dept. of Medicine, Sgodda M., Martin Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, First Dept. of Internal Medicine) pp, 363-392
Recent Advancements towards the Derivation of Immune-Compatible Patient-Specific Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines
(Micha Drukker, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford, CA) pp, 393-404
Oxidative Damage in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases and Interventions
(H. Fai Poon, Sara C Doore, Roskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL) pp, 405-416
The Activation of Adult Endogenous Neural Stem Cells by Neurodegenerative Process within the Striatum in an Animal Model of Huntington’s Disease
(Mazurova Yvona, Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Rudolf Emil, Dept. of Medical Biology and Genetics, Charles Univ. in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Guncova Ivana, Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Latr Ivan, Neurosurgery Clinic, Faculty Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) pp, 417-444
Corneal Epithelial stem cells, a biological and clinical approach
(Maria Notara, Julie T. Daniels, Cells for Sight Transplantation and Research Programme, Ocular Repair and Regeneration Biology Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology, UK) pp, 445-462
Immunological Responses of CD34+ Stem Cells to Bacterial Products
(Jung Mogg Kim, Dept. of Microbiology, Hanyang Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea) pp, 463-488
Endothelial Progenitor Cells: From Bench to Bedside
(Jeremy Ben-Shoshan & Jacob George, The Dept. of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Center, Tel Aviv, Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel) pp, 489-508
Mesenchymal stem cells in vascular therapy
(Gael Y. Rochefort, Universite François Rabelais, France) pp, 509-592
Human embryonic stem cells: key characteristics and main applications in disease research
(Kathryn Cherise Davidson, The University of Melbourne, Australia, Monash University, Australian Stem Cell Centre, University of Washington, USA, Mirella Dottori, Alice Pébay, The University of Melbourne, Australia) pp, 593-624
Establishment of Individual-Specific ES Cells from Adult Somatic Cells by Nuclear Transfer
(Sayaka Wakayama and Teruhiko Wakayama) pp, 625-650
Ocular Limbal Stem Cell Biology and Transplantation
(Ali R. Djalilian, Nariman Nassiri and Chi-Chao Chan) pp, 651-664
Paracrine, Autocrine and Intracrine Patterning for Cardiovascular Repair with Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role of New Chemistry for Regernerative Medicine
(Carlo Ventura, Silvia Cantoni, Francesca Bianchi and Claudia Cavallini) pp, 665-686
Yin and Yang of Adult Stem Cells: Cure-All for Therapy or Roots for Cancer?
(Christian Dani, Cedric Darini, Annie Ladoux, Institute of Signaling Biology Development and Cancer, Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France) pp, 687-704
Volume 2
Stem Cell Transplantation in Leukemia The Kidney
(Terje Forslund, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine Central Finland Health Care District Hospital, Jyväskylä – Finland) pp, 705-760
New Insights in the Development of Biological Chimeras: Genomic Instability and Epithelial Chimerism after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
(Alexandros Spyridonidis, Yannnis Metaxas, Maria Themeli, Hartmut Bertz, Nicholas Zoumbos and Juergen Finke) pp, 761-784
The Evolving Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
(Koji Kato, Smitha Mellacheruvu, Shin Mineishi, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Univ. of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center, MI) pp, 785-822
Efficient in vivo gene transfer into rat bone marrow progenitor cells using SV40- derived viral vectors: migration and differentiation of transduced bone marrow resident cells to other organs
(Jean-Pirre Louboutin, Alene A. Chekmasova, Bianling liu, David S. Strayer, thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia) pp, 823-850
Stem Cells and Their Use in Regenerative Therapy of the Retina
(Abed Namavari, Islamic azad University) pp, 851-872
Vascular tissue engineering: Current approaches and strategies
(Shannon L. M. Dahl) pp, 873-898
Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering using Adipose Tissue derived Stem Cells
(MiJung Kim, Yu Suk Choi, University of Ulsan) pp, 899-914
Olfactory Neuroblastoma
(Zhichun Lu, Honggang Liu, Capital Medical University) pp, 915-936
Does Neural Phenotyphic Plasticity from Non-Neural Cells Really Exist?
(F. Wautier, E. Laudet, University of Liege,Belgium, S. Wislet-Gendebien,University of Liegh, Belgium, University of Toronto,Canada,B. Rogister, University of Liegh) pp, 937-964
Central Nervous System Lymphoma
(Andrew Lister,Lauren E. Abrey, John T. Sandlund) pp, 965-990
Background and Legal Issues Related to Stem Cell Research
(Jon O. Shimabukuro) pp, 991-996
Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells: Homing and Rescue of Injury in the Lung
(Donatella Piro, Silvia Lepore, Angela Bruna Maffione and Massimo Conese, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Univ. of Foggia, Foggia, Italy) pp, 997-1024
Role of Platelet Derived Factors for the Protection against Graft-Versus-Host Disease
(Tsuyoshi Iwasaki, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan) pp, 1025-1050
Stem Cell Plasticity
(Suraksha Agrawal, Piyush Tripathi and Sita Naik) pp, 1051-1094
Dental Management before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Adult and Pediatric Patients with Hematological Disease
(Kenji Yamagata, Kojiro Onizawa, Hiroshi Yoshida, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) pp, 1095-1114
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Quality of Life
(Ladislav Slovacek, Univ. of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Dept. of Field Internal Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Charles Univ. Hospital and Medical Faculty, Dept. of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Birgita Slovackova, Charles Univ. Hospital and Medical Faculty, Dept. of Psychiatry, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic) pp, 1115-1138
Risk Factors for Survival in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Cord Blood Transplantation
(Marta Gonzalez-Vicent, Julian Sevilla, Alvaro Lassaletta, Hospital Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain) pp, 1139-1154
Multipoptent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Skin Wound Healing and Skeletal Muscle Repair
(Ying Zhu, Chunmeg Shi, Xinze Ran, Institute of Combined Injury, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical Univ., Chongqing, China) pp, 1155-1166
Normal and Pathological Development of Pluripotent Stem Cells
(Olga F. Gordeeva, Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) pp, 1167-1200
Molecular Mechanism Involved in the Maintenance of Pluripotent Stem Cells
(Raymond Ching-Bong Wong, Peter J. Donovan, Alice Pebay, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, and others) pp, 1201-1226
Generation of Clinically Relevant “Induced Pluripotent Stem” (iPS) Cells
(Corey Heffernan, Huseyin Sumer, Paul J. Verma, Reprogramming and Stem Cell Laboratory, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia) pp, 1227-1252
Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cells
(Emily C. Moorefield, Dawn M. Delo, Paolo De Coppi, Anthony Atala, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC) pp, 1253-1270
Exploring a Stem Cell Basis to Identify Novel Treatment for Human Malignancies
(Shyam A. Patel, Pranela Rameshwar, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, and others) pp, 1271-1284
Outstanding Questions Regarding Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Research
(Miguel A. Esteban, Jiekai Chen, Jiayin Yang, Feng Li, Wen Li, and Duanqing Pei, Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, South China Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Guangzhou, China) pp, 1285-1298
Lepidopteran Midgut Stem Cells in Culture: A New Tool for Cell Biology and Physiological Studies
(Gianluca Tettamanti and Morena Casartelli) pp, 1299-1308
Are Embryonic Stem Cells Really Needed for Regenerative Medicine?
(David T. Harris) pp, 1309-1314
Genetic Stability of Murine Pluipotent and Somatic Hybrid Cells may be affected by Conditions of Their Ciltivation
(Shramova Elena Ivanovna, Larionov Oleg Alekseevich, Khodarovich Yurii Mikhailovich and Zatsepina Olga Vladimirovna) pp, 1315-1332
Recent Advancements towards the Derivation of Immune-Compatible Patient-Specific Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines
(Micha Drukker, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford, CA) pp, 1333-1344
Pluripotent Cells in Embryogenesis and in Teratoma Formation
(O.F. Gordeeva) pp, 1345-1360
Legal Issues Related to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
(Edward C. Liu) pp, 1361-1368
Stem Cell Research: Ethical Issues
(Erin D. Williams and Judith A. Johnson) pp, 1369-1386
Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight
(Judith A. Johnson and Erin D. Williams) pp, 1387-1410
Testimony to be presented to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health
(Joseph R. Bertino) pp, 1411-1414
Testimony to House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health “Stem Cell Science: The Foundation for Future Curse”
(George Q. Daley) pp, 1415-1418
Testimony of John K. Fraiser pp, 1419-1424
Testimony on Stem Cell Science: The Foundation for Future Cures before the U.S. House of Representative Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
(John Gearhart and C. Michael Armstron) pp, 1425-1430
Written Testimony of Weyman Johnson, Individual Living with Multiple Sclerosis, Chairman of the Board, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health U.S. House of Representatives pp, 1431-1434
Testimony for “Stem Cell Science: The Foundation for Future Cures” before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
(Anit N Patel) pp, 1435-1438
Adult Stem Cell Recipient for the Heart
(Douglas T. Rice) pp, 1439-1442
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Stem Cell Science: The Foundation of Future Cures. Statement of Elais A. Zerhouni
(Elias A. Zerhouni) pp, 1443-1448
Chapter Sources pp, 1449-1450
Index pp, 1451
