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.