Stem cell repair and regeneration /edited by Nagy A. Habib ... [et al.]. --Imperial College Press, 2005. –(58.157/S393i)

Contents

 Contents:

1.       An Introduction to Stem and Progenitor Cell Biology  1

2.       Asymmetric Self-Renewal: the Mark of the Adult Stem Cell  21

3.       Transcriptional Regulation of Blood Stem Cells  29

4.       Post-natal Neovascularisation-The Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells, Growth Factors and the Extracellular Matrix  39

5.       Creating Designer Cell: Genetic Engineering of Stem Cells by Site-Specific Recombination  49

6.       Kinetic Considerations for Stem Cell Therapy  67

7.       Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering  81

8.       Human Foetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells  99

9.       Gene-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Cytoreagents for Regenerative Therapy  117

10.   Pharmacological Characterisation of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocyte Cultures  139

11.   Adult Stem Cells in Cardiac Cellular Transplantation  149

12.   Pancreas and Liver Regeneration and Neogenesis  177

13.   Extrahepatic Stem Cells in Liver Regeneration and Repair  191

14.   Overview of Progress in the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Pancreatic Beta-Cell Derivatives  205

15.   Stem Cells and Clinical Application  221

16.   Application of MRI to Stem Cell Imaging  233