Stem Cells and Human Diseases (eBook)

Cancer Stem Cells: Biology, Perspectives and Therapeutic Implications; Brahma N. Singh, Sharmila Shankar and Rakesh K. SrivastavaThe Perspectives of Stem Cell-based Therapy in Neurological Diseases; Wojciech Maksymowicz, Joanna Wojtkiewicz, Hanna Kozłowska, Aleksandra Habich and Wlodek LopaczynskiStem Cell-based Therapy for Lysosomal Storage Diseases; Brittni A. Scruggs, Xiujuan Zhang, Jeffrey M. Gimble and Bruce A. BunnellDrosophila germline stem cells; Yalan Xing and Willis X. LiMesenchymal Stem Cells in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Peiman Hematti, Jaehyup Kim and Minoo BattiwallaCancer Stem Cells in Solid Tumors, Markers and Therapy; Ortiz-Sánchez Elizabeth, González-Montoya José Luis, Langley Elizabeth and García-Carrancá AlejandroCancer Stem Cells: Paradigm Shifting or Perishing Concept?; Senthil K Pazhanisamy and Keith Syson Chan†Genomics of Prostate Cancer; Kern Rei Chng, Shin Chet Chuah, Edwin CheungIschemia, reactive radicals, redox signaling and hematopoietic stem cells; Suman Kanji, Vincent J. Pompili and Hiranmoy DasCancer stem cell models and role in drug discovery; Rohit Duggal, Boris Minev, Angelo Vescovi and Aladar SzalayOrigins of Metastasis-Initiating Cells; Sara M. Nolte and Sheila K. SinghThe Reduction of Callus Formation during Bone Regeneration by BMP-2 and Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells; Claudia Keibl and Martijn van GriensvenStem cells and leukemia; Vincenzo Giambra and Christopher R. JenkinsThe role of adult bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells, growth factors and scaffolds in the repair of cartilage and bone; Antal Salamon and Erzsébet ToldyWorth the Weight: Adipose Stem Cells in Human Disease; Saleh Heneidi and Gregorio ChazenbalkNeural crest and Hirschsprung’s disease; Kim Hei-Man CHOW , Paul Kwong-Hang TAM, Elly Sau-Wai NGANCommon denominators of self-renewal and malignancy IN neural stem cells and GLIOMA; Grzegorz Wicher, Karin Holmqvist and Karin Forsberg-NilssonStem-like cells from brain tumours or vice versa?; Sara G.M. PiccirilloTranslating Mammary Stem Cell and Cancer Stem Cell Biology to the Clinics; Rajneesh Pathania, Vadivel Ganapathy and Muthusamy ThangarajuBreast Cancer Stem Cells; Shane R. Stecklein and Roy A. Jensen Translin/TRAX deficiency affects mesenchymal differentiation programs and induces bone marrow failure; Reiko Ishida, Katsunori Aoki, Kazuhiko Nakahara, Yuko Fukuda, Momoko Ohhori, Yumi Saito, Kimihiko Kano, Junichiro Matsuda, Shigetaka Asano, Richard T. Maziarz and Masataka KasaiCancer therapies and Stem cells; Hiromichi KimuraCancer Stem Cells and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas; Shi-Long LuThe Biology of Lung Cancer Stem Cells; Sandeep Singh and Srikumar P. ChellappanStem Cell Characters in Primary and Metastatic Tumour Establishment; Maria Tsekrekou, Dimitris Mavroudis, Dimitris Kafetzopoulos, Despoina VassouPlasticity of Cancer Stem Cells; Zhizhong LiCross talks among Notch, Wnt, and Hedgehog signaling pathways regulate stem cell characteristics; Su-Ni Tang, Sharmila Shankar, and Rakesh K. SrivastavaGlobal OMICs profiling and functional analysis of CD44+/CD24- stem-like cells in normal human breast tissue and breast cancer; Marina Bessarabova, Kornelia Polyak, Yuri NikolskyBreast Cancer Stem Cells: Isolation, characterization and targeting; Anurag N. Paranjape