Stem cell applications in disease and health / Wesley B. Burnsides and Raphael H. Ellsley, editors. — New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008. – (58.22/S824a)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Expert Commentary
    Commentary on Stem Cell Applications in Diseases: The Metabolic Property of ES Cells， the Key to Escape from Culture Stress
    Short Communications
    Comm A: Evidence Supporting the Existence of Liver Progenitor Cells in Human Livers
    Comm B: Immune Threat to Neurogenesis from Human Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells
    Research and Review Articles
    Chapter I Selecting a Proper Platform for Microarray Experiment
    Chapter II Physical-Chemical Manipulations with Microbial and Mammalian Cells: From Experiments to Clinics 37
    Chapter III Origin of Adult Neural Stem Cells and Perspectives for Brain Repair
    Chapter IV In Vivo Regulation of Neural Stem Cells by Extrinsic Factors in Adult Mammals: Issues for Cellular Therapy in Clinics (a Review) 131
    Chapter V Normal Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract
    Chapter VI In Vitro Approach of Germline Stem Cells in the Fly and the Mouse
    Chapter VII Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency and Its Management: From Lab to Limbus
    Chapter VIII Stem Cell Applications in Diseases: Stem Cells for the Treatment of Heart Failure 231
    Chapter IX Overview of the Recent Research Progress in Parkinson's Disease From Molecular Pathogenesis to Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Strategy
    Chapter X ES Cell-Derived Endoderm Stem Cells for Clinical Application
    Chapter X1 Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Migration in Health and Disease
    Chapter XII Ordered Commitment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Lineage Fates
    Chapter XIII Incomplete Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cell: A Risk of Teratoma Formation in Regenerative Medicine 323