Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Induction Characterization and Targeting of Human Hematopoietic Cancer Stem Cells
(Menghua Zhang, Peter Dias, Boris Minev and Prasad S. Koka)
2. The Bone Marrow Stem Stromal Imbalance- A Key Feature of Disease Progression in Case of Myelodysplastic Mouse Model
(Madhurima Das, Sumanta Chatterjee, Pratima Basak, Prosun Das, Jacintha Archana Pereira, Ranjan Kumar Dutta, Malay Chaklader, Samaresh Chaudhuri and Sujata Law)
3. Isolation, Characterization and Mobilization of Prostate Cancer Tissue Derived CD133 MDR1 Cells
(Satyanarayana Rentala and Lakshmi Narasu Mangamoori)
4. Placental Membrane as a Source of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(Birgitta Sundell and Prasad S. Koka)
5. Human Glioblastoma Cells Display Mesenchymal Stem Cell Features and Form Intracranial Tumors in Immunocompetent Rats
(Adriana M. Nakahata, Daniela E. Suzuki, Carolina O. Rodini, Márcia C.L. Pereira, Luciana Janjoppi, and Oswaldo K. Okamoto)
6. Visualization of the Hematopoietic Microenvironment: An Alternative Approach Using Intravital Microscopy
(Sikora and Sophia Khaldoyanidi)
7. Endogenous Hyaluronan Participates in Generation of Hematopoietic Cells during Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
(Ingrid U. Schraufstatter, Naira Serobyan, Valentina Goncharova, Jeanne Loring and Sophia K. Khaldoyanidi)
8. Effects of Inorganic Arsenic on Bone Marrow Hematopoietic Cells: An Emphasis on Apoptosis and Sca-1/c-Kit Positive Population
(Jacintha Archana Pereira, Prosun Das, Malay Chaklader, Sumanta Chatterjee, Pratima Basak, Samaresh Chaudhuri, and Sujata Law)
9. Sulfatide Administration Leads to Inhibition of HIV-1 Replication and Enhanced Hematopoeisis
(I. Birgitta Sundell, Ramesh Halder, Menghua Zhang, Igor Maricic, Prasad S. Koka and Vipin Kumar)
10. Putative Innate Immunity of Antiatherogenic Paraoxanase-2 via STAT5 Signal Transduction in HIV-1 Infection of Hematopoietic TF-1 Cells and in SCID-Hu Mice
(Jinyun Yuan, Asokan Devarajan, Rosita Moya-Castro, Menghua Zhang, Stella Evans, Noam Bourquard, Peter Dias, Catherine Lacout, William Vainchenker, Srinivasa T Reddy, Prasad S Koka)
11. Potential Yoga Modules for Treatment of Hematopoietic Inhibition in HIV-1 Infection
(Hemant Bhargav, Nagarathna Raghuram, Nagendra Hongasandra Rama Rao, Padmini Tekur, and Prasad S Koka)
12. Immunological Modulation of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Brain
(Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo and Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa)
13. Establishment of a Brain Tumor Tissue Repository in India: Maintaining Quality Standards
(Aparna Khanna, Samba Siva Reddy, Majahar Jan, Swapnil Totey, T. Vasudev Rao, Shailesh A.V. Rao, Arun L. Naik, Satish Totey and Neelam K. Venkataramana)
14. Sca-1 Expression Pattern in the Mouse Limbal Epithelium and its Association with Cell Cycle
(Prosun Das , Sumanta Chatterjee, Pratima Basak, Madhurima Das, Jacintha Archana Pereira, Ranjan Dutta, Malay Chakladar, Ketaki Bagchi, Gautam Bhaduri, Samaresh Chaudhuri and Sujata Law)
15. Foreword: Stem Cell Applications and Tissue Engineering Approaches in Sports Medicine – From Bench to Bedside
(Wasim S Khan)
16. The Role of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Sports Injuries
(BA Tucker, SS Karamsadkar, WS Khan, and P Pastides)
17. The Challenges of Cartilage Repair and the Potential of Stem Cell Applications
(Matthew P Newton Ede and Wasim S Khan)
18. Current Cell-based Strategies for Knee Cartilage Injuries
(PK Jaiswal, K Wong, and WS Khan)
19. Stem Cells for Tendon and Ligament Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
(NA Siddiqui, JML Wong, WS Khan, and A Hazlerigg)
20. Functional Tissue Engineering for Rotator Cuff Tendons
(J Donaldson, WS Khan, and A Hazlerigg)
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