Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 9

Prelims. I. Umbilical cord blood stem cells.-1 Cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem cells from umbilical cord blood for transplantation.-2 Expansion of mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord in media containing human serum (method).-3 Transformation of human umbilical cord blood cells to support neuro-regeneration in the diseased brain.-5 Clinical application of umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells for tissue regeneration.II. Induced pluripotent stem cells.-6 Differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into oligodenndrocytes: increased efficiency of selecting oligodendrocyte precursor cells using a2b5 monoclonal antibody.-7 Epigenetic reprogramming without genetic modification: use of sendai virus vectors for generating safe induced pluripotent stem cells.-8 Differentiation and use of cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells.-9 Metabolism in cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells.-10 Treatment of patients with long- qt syndrome: differentiation of patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells into functional cardiac myocytes.III. Embryonic stem cells.-11. Protein kinase c signaling in embryonic stem cell self renewal and cardiac differentiation.-12 Maintenance of pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells with micrornas.-13 Uni-directional neuronal differentiation of embryonic stem cells by the neural stem sphere method.-14 Embryonic stem cell-derived motoneurons develop aberrant axonal sprouting. IV Hematopoietic stem cells.-15 Crucial role of the polycomb group gene product bmi-1 in the maintenance of self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells.-16 Hematopoietic stem cell function and skeletal formation: positive role of hemp gene.-17 Relationship between radiosensitivity of human neonatal hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and individual maternal/neonatal obstetric factors.V. Stem cells in tumors and cancer.-18 Diagnosis of primary and metastatic germ cell tumors using embryonic stem cell transcription factors.-19 Novel internalizing human antibodies targeting brain tumor sphere cells.-20 Use of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells as tumor specific delivery vehicles.-21 Cd34+/ac133+ endothelial progentior cells as imaging probes for neovascularization of tumors.-21 Intestinal stem cells: from homeostasis to cancer.-22 Cancer stem cells and modeling cancer in the mouse.-23 Is cd44 a marker for cancer stem cells?-24 Nk-92 cytotoxicity against cancer stem cells in hematologic malignancies.-25 Cancer stem cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.-26 Cancer stem cell antigens from autologous tumor cell lines in patient-specific active immunotherapy for metastatic cancer.-27 Safe resection of hemangioblastoma using indocyanine green videoangiography.-28. Overcoming chemotherapy resistance by targeting hyalurona/cd44- mediated stem cell marker (nanog) signaling and microrna-21 in breast, ovarian, and head and neck cancer.VI. Stem cells for regenerative medicine.-29 Urinary bladder regenerative medicine.-30. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: role of extracellular matrix microenvironment.Index.