Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells,Volume 3: Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury: Volume 3

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-5
Diversity Oriented Fluorescence Library Approach for Stem Cell Probe Development....Pages 7-14
Isolation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord (Method)....Pages 15-21
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion Methodology....Pages 23-33
Hair Follicle Stem Cells....Pages 35-47
Rat Embryonic Cortical Neural Stem Cells: Role of Hypoxia on Cell Proliferation and Differentiation....Pages 49-61
Human Cord Blood-Derived Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells: From Biology to Medicine....Pages 63-73
Proteomic Characterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Like Populations Derived from Various Tissue Types....Pages 75-94
The Roles of Nanog During Early Fish Embryonic Development and Primordial Germ Cell Migration....Pages 95-101
Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Serum-Free Media: Growth and Metabolism....Pages 103-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Evolutionary Dynamics of Mutations in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Beyond....Pages 115-123
Isolated Corneal Epithelial Stem Cells Derived from Limbal Biopsies: Use of Lectin as a Marker for Identifying Transient Amplifying Cells....Pages 125-138
Stem Cell Distribution and MGMT Expression in Glioblastoma: Role of Intratumoral Hypoxic Gradient....Pages 139-147
Initiation of Human Tumourigenesis: Upregulation of FOXM1 Transcription Factor....Pages 149-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Role of Cancer Stem Cells of Breast, Colon, and Melanoma Tumors in the Response to Antitumor Therapy....Pages 157-171
Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies: Role of Major Histocompatibility Complex-1 Antigen....Pages 173-178
Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Cellular Therapies....Pages 179-187
Radiation Burns and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy....Pages 189-197
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role of Mechanical Strain in Promoting Apoptosis and Differentiation....Pages 199-206
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Melatonin as a Potential Anti-osteoporosis Drug....Pages 207-211
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Applications of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes....Pages 213-220
Stem Cells and Gastric Carcinogenesis: From Mouse to Human....Pages 221-229
Gain and Loss of Cancer Stem Cells: Effect on Metastatic Efficiency and Treatment Response....Pages 231-240
Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury of the Kidney with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells....Pages 241-250
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role for Delivering Nanoparticles to Brain Tumors....Pages 251-256
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Role in Patient-Specific Drug Discovery....Pages 257-263
Biomedical Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells....Pages 265-275
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Isolation of CD133-Expressing Myogenic Progenitors from Blood and Muscle of DMD Patients....Pages 277-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Prenatal and Postnatal Transplantation....Pages 289-294
Protection of Mice from Stroke Using Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation....Pages 295-303
Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Transplantation....Pages 305-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Dependent Formation and Repair of Tendon-Bone Insertions....Pages 317-325
Cartilage Injuries: Role of Implantation of Human Stem/Progenitor Cells....Pages 327-333
Bone Marrow-Derived Very Small Embryonic-Like Cells: β-Cell Regeneration in Pancreatic Tissue....Pages 335-343
Engineering Stem Cell Niche: Regulation of Cellular Morphology and Function....Pages 345-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Embryonic Stem Cells: The Role of Nitric Oxide in Regulating Cell Differentiation, Self-Renewal, and Apoptosis....Pages 359-369
Induction of Apoptosis in Human Keratinocyte Stem Cells: The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide....Pages 371-376
Back Matter....Pages 377-398