Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 10 (eBook)

PrelimsI Mesenchymal stem cells1. Mesenchymal stem cells in bone regeneration2. Experimental (preclinical) studies and clinical trials of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells for Autoimmune diseases3. Validity of markers for epithelial cells and mesenchymal Cells 4. Mesenchymal stem cell survival in infarcted myocardium: adhesion and anti-death signals 5. Hepatogenic differentiation: comparison between adipose tissue -derived stem cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells6. Fibrin for encapsulation of human mesenchymal stem cells for chondrogenic differentiation.7. Differences between adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal  stem cells and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells as regulators of the immune response8. Transforming growth factor-beta induced chrondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: role of smad signaling pathways II Induced pluripotent stem cells9. Drug discovery using human ipsc based disease models and functional hepatic cells10. Generation of antigen-specific t lymphocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells for adoptive immunotherapy III Neural cells and neural stem cells 11. Genetic identification of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural cell types using bacterial artificial chromosomes12. Moderate low temperature preserves the stemness of neural stem cells (methods) IV Role of stem cells in disease 13. High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support in the treatment of transformed b-cell non-hodgkin's lymphomas14. The wnt/β-catenin pathway as a potential target for drug Resistant leukemic stem cells15. Bone marrow stem cell therapies for diabetes mellitus and its complications16.thyroid cancer stem cells – strategies for therapeutic targeting17. Role of cancer stem cell in mammary carcinogenesis and its clinical implication18. Critical analysis of parkinson’s disease models and cell-based therapy19. Presence of an early lineage stem cell phenotype in meningioma-initiating cells20. Isolation and characterization of cancer stem cells from dog glioblastoma21. Role of stem cell niche in the development of bone metastases (an update)22. Treatment of hemophilia a using b cell-directed protein delivery V Stem cell transplantation23. Reduction in the risk invasive fungal infection relapse in patients undergoing allogenic stem cell transplantation              using caspofunginas secondary prophylaxis24. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in elderly patients with myelodisplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia: use of busulfan/fludarabine for conditioning25. Co-transplantation of islets with mesenychymal stem cells improves islet revascularization and reversal of hyperglycemia26. Significance of interleukin -7 receptor alpha polymorphisms in allogeneic stem cell transplantationIndex