Embryonic Stem ­Cells - Recent ­Advances in Plu­ripotent Stem C­ell-Based Regen­erative Medicin­e

Embryonic Stem Cells Recent Advances in Pluripotent Stem Cell Based Regenerative Medicine Preface......Page 1
Part 1......Page 15
01_The Role of Complicity in the Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research......Page 17
02_Potential Clinical Applications of Embryonic Stem Cells......Page 35
Part 2......Page 63
03_Chemical Biology of Pluripotent Stem Cells: Focus on Cardiomyogenesis......Page 65
04_Cardiac Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells by Patterning Culture......Page 79
Part 3......Page 95
05_Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy Following Focal Ischemia in the Rat......Page 97
06_Embryonic Stem Cell in the Therapy of Neurodegenerative Diseases......Page 119
07_Engineering Therapeutic Neural Stem Cell Lines for Parkinson’s Disease......Page 151
08_Embryonic Stem Cells Overexpressing the Recognition Molecules L1 and Tenascin-R Enhance Regeneration in Mouse Models of Acute and Chronic Neurological Disorders......Page 163
09_Perspectives of Stem Cell-Derived Microglia for Medicine......Page 185
10_Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neurons for Inner Ear Therapy......Page 203
11_Potential of Pluripotent Stem Cells for the Replacement of Inner Ears......Page 217
12_Stem Cells and the Retina – Challenges for Regenerative Medicine......Page 225
Part 4......Page 251
13_Generation of Blood Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Possible Clinical Utilization......Page 253
14_Hematopoietic Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells......Page 265
15_ES Cell-derived Erythroid Cell Lines Able to Produce Mature Red Blood Cells......Page 287
Part 5......Page 303
16_Differentiation of Hepatocytes from Mice Embryonic Stem Cells in Three-Dimensional Culture System Imitating in vivo Environment......Page 305
17_Rejuvenation of the Thymic Microenvironment by ESC-derived Thymic Epithelial Progenitors......Page 315
18_Actual Achievements on Germ Cells and Gametes Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells......Page 325
Part 6......Page 351
19_Self-Renewal, Pluripotency and Tumorigenesis in Pluripotent Stem Cells Revisited......Page 353
20_Generation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells from Liver Progenitor Cells by Two Chemicals and the Clinical Application......Page 373
21_Embryonic and Cancer Stem Cells - two views of the same landscape......Page 385
22_Genome Stability in Embryonic Stem Cells......Page 413