Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 2: Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury: Volume 2

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Isolation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells from Bone Marrow by Using a Filtering Device (Method)....Pages 3-12
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Frequency Estimate: Statistical Approach to Model Limiting Dilution Competitive Repopulation Assays....Pages 13-26
Characteristics of Cord Blood Stem Cells: Role of Substance P (SP) and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP)....Pages 27-36
A New Concept of Stem Cell Disorders, and the Rationale for Transplantation of Normal Stem Cells....Pages 37-42
Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Functional Hepatocyte-Like Cells (Method)....Pages 43-49
Stem Cell Mobilization: An Overview....Pages 51-60
Status and Impact of Research on Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Cell Lines and Their Use in Published Research....Pages 61-74
Gliosarcoma Stem Cells: Glial and Mesenchymal Differentiation....Pages 75-81
Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Derived from Human Third Molars (Method)....Pages 83-93
Self-renewal and Differentiation of Intestinal Stem Cells: Role of Hedgehog Pathway....Pages 95-102
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Repopulation After Transplantation: Role of Vinculin....Pages 103-110
Static and Suspension Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells....Pages 111-118
Generation of Marmoset Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Six Transcription Factors (Method)....Pages 119-125
MYC as a Multifaceted Regulator of Pluripotency and Reprogramming....Pages 127-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Human Thyroid Cancer Stem Cells....Pages 137-143
Tumor Stem Cells: CD133 Gene Regulation and Tumor Stemness....Pages 145-153
Cripto-1: A Common Embryonic Stem Cell and Cancer Cell Marker....Pages 155-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Treatment of Heart Disease: Use of Transdifferentiation Methodology for Reprogramming Adult Stem Cells....Pages 169-183
Rat Mesenchymal Cell CD44 Surface Markers: Role in Cardiomyogenic Differentiation....Pages 185-190
Stroke Therapy Using Menstrual Blood Stem-Like Cells: Method....Pages 191-197
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Spontaneous Cerebral Stroke in Rats: Differentiation of New Neurons from Neural Stem Cells....Pages 199-209
Neurogenesis in the Cerebral Cortex After Stroke....Pages 211-217
Ex Vivo Expanded Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Ischemia....Pages 219-229
Breast Cancer Risk: Role of Somatic Breast Stem Cells....Pages 231-240
Cellular Replacement Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells....Pages 241-247
Treatment of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Using Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells....Pages 249-258
Adult Neurogenesis in Etiology and Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 259-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Generating Human Cardiac Muscle Cells from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells....Pages 269-275
Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Mesenchymal-Derived Endothelial Cells: Repair of Bone Defects....Pages 277-281
Omentum in the Repair of Injured Tissue: Evidence for Omental Stem Cells....Pages 283-290
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Transplanted into Mouse Retina Induces Neural Differentiation....Pages 291-298
Stem Cells to Repair Retina: From Basic to Applied Biology....Pages 299-306
Heterogeneous Responses of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells (Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells) to Osteogenic Induction....Pages 307-314
Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma: Implications for Regenerative Medicine....Pages 315-321
Skeletal Muscle-Derived Stem Cells: Role in Cellular Cardiomyoplasty....Pages 323-330
Cardiac Regenerative Medicine Without Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 331-340
Allogeneic Transplantation of Fetal Membrane-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Therapy for Acute Myocarditis....Pages 341-350
Patients with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Infection with 2009 H1N1 Influenza....Pages 351-359
Back Matter....Pages 361-384