Encyclopedia of stem cell research / Alexander L. Greene, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greene, Alexander L.

Series:

Stem Cells - Laboratory and Clinical Research

Stem cells - laboratory and clinical research

Stem cells and regenerative medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stem cells--Encyclopedias.

Stem cells.

Stem cells--Research--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1574 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents important research advances in the study of stem cell research, as well as stem cell applications in diseases; stem cell transplantation; and pluripotent stem cells. Topics discussed herein include stem cell therapy for Alzheimer's disease; cancer stem cells and ncRNAs; stem cell applications in diabetes; image-guided stem cell therapy; cancer stem cells; stem cell transplantation; vascular tissue engineering; bone marrow-derived stem cells; and stem cell plasticity.

Contents:

""ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STEM CELL RESEARCH ""; ""ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STEM CELL RESEARCH ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""STEM CELL THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""ADULT NSC THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE ""; ""ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND DEPRESSION: A NOVEL THEORY FOR DEPRESSION? ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""MANNAN-BINDING LECTIN AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SEXUALITY OF MEN TREATED BY MEANS OF HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""

""SEXUALITY, SEXUAL MOTIVATION AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION""""CHANGES IN SEXUALITY OF MEN TREATED BY MEANS OF HSCT AND INFLUENCE OF HSCT ON QOL""; ""Physical and Psychological Aspects Affecting the Male Sexual Condition after HSCT ""; ""Psychological Aspects Affecting the Sexual Condition of a Male Treated by Means of HSCT ""; ""Social Aspects Affecting the Sexual Condition of a Male Treated by Means of HCT""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF THE NEWLY CHARACTERIZED HUMAN BLOOD-DERIVED STEM CELL IN TYPE 1 DIABETES ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""1. BLOOD STEM CELLS PB-SC DISPLAY EMBRYONIC STEM (ES) CELL-RELATED MARKERS""""2. BLOOD STEM CELLS PB-SC DISPLAY UNIQUE PHENOTYPE AND DISCRIMINATE FROM REGULAR BLOOD CELL LINEAGES ""; ""3. PB-SC ACTS AS ISLET BETA CELL PROGENITORS ""; ""4. PB-SC REDUCES HYPERGLYCEMIA AND MIGRATES INTO PANCREATIC ISLETS IN THE CHEMICAL STZ-INDUCED TYPE 1 DIABETES MODEL ""; ""5. IMMUNE REGULATION OF BLOOD STEM CELLS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""RECENT PROGRESS OF RADIATION RESEARCH: CANCER STEM CELLS AND NCRNAS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. NORMAL STEM CELLS ""; ""3. NONCODING TRANSCRIPTOME ""

""3.1. ncRNAs (Including miRNAs) """"3.2. miRNAs and Cancer ""; ""3.3. Radiation and ncRNAs ""; ""4. CANCER STEM CELLS ""; ""4.1. Breast Cancer""; ""4.2. Brain Cancer""; ""4.3. Perspective""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""RECRUITMENT OF TRANSPLANTED DERMAL MULTIPOTENT CELLS TO THE INJURED SITES OF RATS WITH COMBINED RADIATION AND WOUND INJURY BY SDF-1/CXCR4 INTERACTION ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS ""; ""Experimental Animals ""; ""Isolation and Culture of Male dMSCs ""; ""Animal Group and Transplantation Procedure ""; ""Quantitative Real-Time TaqMan PCR""

""Examination of the Expression of SDF-1 in Bone Marrow and Skin """"In Vitro Chemotaxis Assay ""; ""Statistical Analysis""; ""RESULTS ""; ""Biological Characterization of Cultured dMSCs ""; ""Recruitment of Transplanted dMSCs to Bone Marrow and Skin ""; ""The Expression of SDF-1 in Irradiation Injured Bone Marrow and Wounded Skin Were Up-Regulated ""; ""In Vitro Chemotaxis Assay ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""NEURAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELL BY THE NEURAL STEM SPHERE METHOD ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""COMMENTARY ""

""1. Conventional Method of Differentiation From ES Cells into Neural Cells (Embryoid Body Method) ""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-180-3