Tissue Engineering in Regenerative Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Reflections on Yesterday and Thoughts for Tomorrow....Pages 3-16
Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine....Pages 17-38
Current Status of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells....Pages 39-52
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Latest Advances....Pages 53-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Role of Mechanical Forces in Guiding Tissue Differentiation....Pages 77-97
Synthetic Multi-level Matrices for Bone Regeneration....Pages 99-122
Directing Cell Fate Through Biomaterial Microenvironments....Pages 123-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Basic Considerations with Cell Sheets....Pages 143-159
Myocardial Repair and Restoration....Pages 161-196
Skeletal Muscle Engineering: The Need for a Suitable Niche....Pages 197-209
Restoring Blood Vessels....Pages 211-220
Engineering Functional Bone Grafts....Pages 221-235
Engineering Functional Cartilage Grafts....Pages 237-250
Adult Stem Cells and Regeneration of Adipose Tissue....Pages 251-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Hollow Organ Engineering....Pages 273-295
Engineering Complex Synthetic Organs....Pages 297-313
Liver Regeneration and Tissue Engineering....Pages 315-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Immune Modulation for Stem Cell Therapy....Pages 335-352
Regenerative Medicine and the Foreign Body Response....Pages 353-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Small Animal Models of Tissue Regeneration....Pages 379-391
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Use of Large Animal and Nonhuman Primate Models for Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering....Pages 393-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-426