Liver stem cells : methods and protocols / edited by Takahiro Ochiya. — New York : Humana Press, c2012. – (58.17/M592/v.826) |
Contents
Contents
Preface
Contributors
PART I SEVERAL HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELLS
1 Purification and Culture of Fetal Mouse Hepatoblasts that Are Precursors of Mature Hepatocytes and Biliary Epithelial Cells
2 Clinical Uses of Liver Stem Cells
3 Identification and Isolation of Adult Liver Stem/Progenitor Cells
4 Isolation and Purification Method of Mouse Fetal Hepatoblasts
5 Isolation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells from the Galactosamine-Treated Rat Liver
PART II HEPATIC DIFFERENTIATION FROM STEM CELLS
6 Purification of Adipose Tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Differentiation Toward Hepatic-Like Ceils
7 Development of Immortalized Hepatocyte-Like Cells from hMSCs
8 Isolation of Adult Human Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mesenchymal Cell Populations and Their Application to Liver Damages 89
9 Generation and Hepatic Differentiation of Human iPS Cells 103
10 Efficient Hepatic Differentiation from Human iPS Cells by Gene Transfer
11 "Tet-On" System Toward Hepatic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor
12 SAMe and HuR in Liver Physiology 133
PART III BD FORMATION FROM STEM CELLS
13 Transdifferentiation of Mature Hepatocytes into Bile Duct/ductile Cells Within a Collagen Gel Matrix
PART IV LIVER STEM CELLS AND HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS
14 Identification of Cancer Stem Cell-Related MicroRNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
PART V APPLICATION OF LIVER STEM CELLS FOR CELL THERAPY
15 Intravenous Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation in NOD/SCID Mice Preserve Liver Integrity of Irradiation Damage
16 Engineering of Implantable Liver Tissues
17 Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Murine Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Index