Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 7

Preface. I. Regenerative medicine.-1Mesenchymal stem cell expansion for therapeutic application.-6 Mobilization of pluripotent stem cells in patients with myocardial ischemia: from the bench to bedside.-2 Role of induced pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine.-3 Sulforaphane as new therapeutic agent for targeting of cancer stem cells with focus to prostate and pancreatic cancer.-4 Technology platforms for heart regenerative therapy using pluripotent stem cells.-5 Myocardial regeneration of adipose tissue-derived stem cells: differentiation, paracrine, fusion mechanisms.-7 Mammary regeneration using embryonic stem cell engraftment.-8 Recovery of the bone marrow in lethally irradiated host: role of hyper-activated stem cell factor receptor.-9 Potential of bone marrow-derived stem cells in treatment of genetic diseases of the liver.-10 Propagation of human bone marrow stem cells for craniofacial applications.-11 Maintenance of pluripotency in mouse stem cells: use of hyaluronan in the long-term culture.-12 Initiation of soft tissue sarcomas: muscle stem/progenitor cells as targets.-13 Mesenchymal stem cells: complex players in lung repair & injury.II. Tissue engineering.-14 Human embryonic stem cell-derived mesodermal progenitors for bone engineering.-15 The role of chondrogenic factors in differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells to the cartilage lineage.-16 Chondrogenic differentation of human mesenchymal stem cells: effect of electromagnetic fields.-17 Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelium.-18 Stem cells and stress injury: role of arginine decarboxylase.III. Transplantation.-19 Treatment of cerebellar ataxias: transplantation of human embryonic stem cells.-20 A new concept of stem cell disorders, and the rationale for transplantation ofnormal stem cells.-21 Manipulation, guidance and tracking of mesenchymal stem cells for regenerative medicine and transplantation: the role of magnetic nanoparticles.IV. Neural applications.-22 Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into neural lineage cells.-23 Use of recombinant viruses to manipulate neural stem cell gene expression in the mouse brain.-24 Accelerated neural differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells using chlorate treatment.-25 Application of epiblast/germ line-derived very small embryonic-like stem cells for neurogenesis. Index.