Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 8: Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury

Front Matter....Pages i-xlvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Stem Cell Culture: Optimizing Amidst the Complexity....Pages 3-12
Development of Defined Culture Conditions for Expansion of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Clinical Applications....Pages 13-26
Retention of Stem Cell Properties Post-expansion in Myosphere Culture....Pages 27-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Role of Reactive Oxygen Species Formation from Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein in Bone Marrow Stem Cells....Pages 35-44
The Role of Bone Marrow-Derived Progenitor Cells in Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis....Pages 45-54
Myelodysplastic Stem Cells: Gene Expression Profiling....Pages 55-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transdifferentiation to Neural Cells: Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha....Pages 71-78
Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) in HIV-1 Associated Bone and Lipid Toxicities....Pages 79-90
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy: Immunomodulation and Homing Mechanisms....Pages 91-104
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The Role of Endothelial Cells and the Vasculature....Pages 105-112
Use of Cancer/Testis Antigens in Immunotherapy: Potential Effect on Mesenchymal Stem Cells....Pages 113-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Regulation of Self-Renewal and Pluripotency of Embryonic Stem Cells: Role of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor A....Pages 123-131
Reprogramming and Pluripotency of Epiblast Stem Cells....Pages 133-146
Epigenetic Modifiers and Stem Cell Differentiation....Pages 147-154
Enrichment and Selection of Stem Cell-Derived Tissue-Specific Precursors....Pages 155-168
Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells into Steroidogenic Cells: Role of SF-1 Regulator....Pages 169-177
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation: Role of Glycosphingolipid Structure....Pages 179-190
Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Pancreatic Endocrine Cells....Pages 191-206
Transformation of Vascular Endothelial Cells into Multipotent Stem-Like Cells: Role of the Activin-Like Kinase 2 Receptor....Pages 207-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Colon Cancer Stem Cells: A Therapeutic Target....Pages 217-225
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Treatment of Damaged Brain Following a Stroke: New Strategies....Pages 227-234
Parthenogenetic Activation-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Potential Applications....Pages 235-246
Neuroprotection for Stroke Using Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/Neural Stem Cells Grafting....Pages 247-257
Derivation of Germ Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells: Prospects and Applications....Pages 259-266
Purinergic Receptors in Stem Cell Biology....Pages 267-274
Cancer Stem Cells of the Head and Neck....Pages 275-286
Functional Restoration of Salivary Glands After Radiotherapy: Roles of Wnt and Hedgehog Pathways....Pages 287-295
Neural Stem Cell Migration: Role of Directional Cues and Electric Fields....Pages 297-303
ABL-Kinase Mutations in Progenitors and Stem Cells from Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients....Pages 305-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Transplantation of Stem/Progenitor Cells: Potential Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy....Pages 319-327
Collection of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells from Healthy Family and Unrelated Donors for Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 329-335
Effect of Smoking on the Outcomes of Cancer Patients After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 337-343
Ex Vivo Expansion of Stem and Progenitor Cells Using Thrombopoietin....Pages 345-353
Erratum....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 355-364