Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 1

Introduction.-1. Pluripotent Human Stem Cells: An overview.-2. Complexity of Tumor Angiogenesis and Stem Cells.-3. Stem Cells like Astrocytes: Various Roles. Part I.Neuronal Stem Cells.-4. Neural Crest Cell-Derived Tumors: An Overview.-5. Therapeutic Neural Stem Cells for Brain Tumor Therapy.-6. Brain Tumors: Role of Neural Cancer Stem Cells. Part II.Gliomas.-7. Targeting Cancer Stem Cells with Phytochemicals: Inhibition of the Rat C6 Glioma Side Population by Curcumin.-8. Glioma Patients: Role of CD133 Stem Cell Antigen.-9. Cancer Stem Cells in Brain Gliomas.-10. Primary Glioma Spheroids: Advantage of Serum-Free Medium.-11. Tumorigenesis of Glioma-Initiating Cells: Role of Sox11.-12. Glioma-Initiating Cells: Interferon Treatment.-13. Is CD133 the Appropriate Stem Cell Marker for Glioma?-14. Cancer Stem Cells in Glioblastoma.-15. Glioblastoma-Derived Cancer Stem Cells: Treatment with Oncolytic Viruses.-16. Cancer Stem Cells in Medulloblastoma. Part III.Transplantation.-17. Transplantation of Embryonic Stem Cells Results in Reduced Brain Lesions.-18. Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed by Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Role of Adenosine A2A Receptor.-19. Umblical Cord Blood and Alpha-3 Fucosyl Transferase-Treated Haematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation.-20. Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Infarction.-21. The Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Ortheopedics. Index.