Handbook of stem cells. Volume 1, Pluripotent stem cells / editors, Robert Lanza, Anthony Atala. — 2nd ed. — London : Elsevier/AP, 2013. – (58.155/H236/2nd ed./v.1)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    Foreword
    Preface
    Contributors
    1. Why Stem Cell Research? Advances in the Field
    2. "Stemness": Definitions， Criteria， and Standards
    3. Pluripotential Stem Cells from Vertebrate Embryos: Present Perspective and Future Challenges
    4. Embryonic Stem Cells in Perspective
    5. The Molecular Circuitry Underlying Pluripotency in Embryonic Stem Cells and iPS Cells
    6. Molecular Organization of Cells
    7. Stem Cell Niches
    8. Mechanisms of Stem Cell Self-Renewal
    9. Cell Cycle Regulators in Stem Cells
    10. Cell Fusion and the Differentiated State
    11. How Cells Change Their Phenotype 95
    12. Somatic Cloning and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Mammals
    13. Engineered Proteins for Controlling Gene Expression
    14. Differentiation in Early Development
    15. Developmental Mechanisms of Regeneration
    16. Primordial Germ Cells in Mouse and Human
    17. Cell-ECM Interactions in Repair and Regeneration
    18. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
    19. Feeder-Free and Defined Culture Conditions for hESC Growth
    20. Isolation and Maintenance of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells
    21. Isolation and Maintenance of Primate ES Cells
    22. Embryonic Stem Cells: Derivation and Properties
    23. Approaches for Derivation and Maintenance of Human ES cells: Detailed Procedures and Alternatives
    24. Alternate Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
    25. Genetic Approaches in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Derivatives: Prospects for Regenerative Medicine
    26. Genetic Manipulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
    27. Homologous Recombination in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
    28. Derivation and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Germ Cells
    29. Growth Factors and the Serum-Free Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
    30. Feeder-Free Culture
    31. Surface Antigen Markers
    32. Lineage Marking
    33. Genomic Reprogramming
    34. Microarray Analysis of Stem Cells and Differentiation
    35. Potential of ES Cell Differentiation Culture for Vascular Biology
    36. Use of Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Heart Disease
    37. Embryonic Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering
    38. Zebrafish and Stem Cell Research 439