Tissue Engineering

Norbert Pallua is Professor, Chairman and Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Burn Center at the RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. Professor Pallua is recognized to be among the leading Plastic Surgeons in Germany. He is also nominated Honorary Professor and Director of several Universities. Professor Pallua is the author of numerous scientific and clinical publications and is a reviewer for several leading journals. He has been responsible for developing innovative methods of extensive facial reconstruction and has led research into tissue engineering, with a particular focus on soft tissue. Professor Christoph Suschek works in the laboratory of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Burn Center at the RWTH University Hospital in Aachen as leading biologist. Professor Suschek is the author or co-author of many journal articles presenting research related to tissue engineering approaches, such as ways in which the induction of inflammation might be used to stimulate adipose tissue formation.

BASICS AND PRINCIPLES: Scaffolds: Micro and Nano Technology.- Biomimetic Materials.- Natural and Synthetic Scaffolds: Adhesion, ECM, Structure, Function, Modification.- Cells: Sources, Growth, Differentiation, Trans-Differentiation.- Embryonic Stem Cells: Sources and Characterization.- Adult Stem Cells: Sources and Characterization.- Isolation and Growth.- Differentiation and Plasticity.- Regulation Mechanisms: Key Signaling Molecules.- Cell and Organ preservation.- Engineering Technologies: Animal Models for Evaluation of Tissue Engineering Constructs.- Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing.- Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering.- Drug delivery.- Gene Therapy.- OROGANS: Liver.- Musculoskeletal Tissues.- Lung.- CNS.- Peripheral Nervous System.- Nephrons.- Biohybrid organs.- Heart and Cardiovascular Engineering.- Eye/Retina.- Respiratory Systems Engineering.- Ear.- Skin.- TISSUE TYPES: Adipose Tissue.- Blood Substitutes.- Angiogenesis and Vascularization.- Bone Tissue.- Brain Tissues.- Cartilage Tissue.- Pancreatic Tissues.- Tendons.- Tissue Engineering in Reproductive Medicine, of Heart Valves, in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.- Uro-Gital System/Bladder Tissue.

From the book reviews:

"This monograph concerns mesenchymal, bone marrow, neural, embryonic, osteochondral, cartilaginous derived stem cells and partially differentiated cells. ... This is a good review book, especially given the rapid advances of cellular and molecular biology. I recommend this book for all audiences." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014)