Stem Cells Handbook

1. Introduction to Stem Cells
Rob Burgess

2. Contemporary Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research
Valerie Gutmann Koch, Beth E. Roxland, Barbara Pohl, Sarah K. Keech

Part I. Embryonic/Fetal Stem Cells

3. Stem Cells from Early Mammalian Embryos
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Svetlana Gavrilov, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Virginia E. Papaioannou

4. Quantitative Approaches to Model Pluripotency and Differentiation in Stem Cells
Dmitri Papatsenko, Huilei Xu, Avi Ma’ayan, Ihor Lemischka

5. Growth Dynamics of Fetal Human Neural Stem Cells
Walter D. Niles, Dustin R. Wakeman, Evan Y. Snyder

6. Immunobiology of Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Transplantation
Eleanor M. Bolton, J. Andrew Bradley, Craig J. Taylor

Part II. Pluripotent Stem Cells

7. Urodele Limb Regeneration: Mechanisms of Blastema Formation and Growth
David L. Stocum

8. Mechanism of miR-302-Mediated iPS Cell Generation
Shi-Lung Lin

9. Bioreactor Expansion of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Jaymi T. Taiani, Mehdi Shafa, Derrick E. Rancourt

10. Generation of Hepatocyte-Like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Fallon K. Noto, Stephen A. Duncan

11. Neural Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells
Mahendra Rao, Nasir Malik

12. Generation of Anterior Foregut Derivatives from Pluripotent Stem Cells
Hans-Willem Snoeck

13. Commercial Opportunities for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Amy Lynnette Deusen, Rania Nasis

Part III. Tissue Stem Cells

14. Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Adult Mice and Men
Courtney Sachs, Marco Seandel

15. Characterization of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche: Cellular and Molecular Analysis
Charles Durand, Thomas Häupl, Pierre Charbord

16. Glandular Stem Cells (GSCs): Stem Cells in Glandular Organs
Ming Jiang, Karin Williams, Simon W. Hayward

17. Human Mammary Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells
Patricia J. Keller, Lisa M. Arendt, Charlotte Kuperwasser

18. Mammary Epithelial Stem Cells
Brian W. Booth, Daniel Medina, Gilbert H. Smith

19. Gastric Stem Cell Biology: Proliferation Kinetics, Differentiation Hierarchies, and Role in Carcinogenesis
Sherif M. Karam

20. Progenitors of Islet Cells
Isabelle Houbracken, Josue Kunjom Mfopou, Luc Bouwens

21. Stem Cell Populations Giving Rise to Liver, Biliary Tree, and Pancreas
Mark E. Furth, Yunfang Wang, Vincenzo Cardinale, Guido Carpino, Giacomo Lanzoni, Cai-Bin Cui, Eliane Wauthier, David Gerber, Tsunekazu Oikawa, Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Luca Inverardi, Domenico Alvaro, Eugenio Gaudio, Lola M. Reid

22. Liver Regeneration in Health and Disease
Malcolm R. Alison, Shahriar Islam

23. Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells, and Their Cardiomyocyte Derivatives: An Overview
Shiva Prasad Potta, Tomo Šarić, Michael Heke, Jürgen Hescheler

24. Potential of Glial Cells
Magdalena Götz, Swetlana Sirko

25. Stem Cells and Aging
Heidi Scrable, Susan Ashrafzadeh-Kian

Part IV. Stem Cell Transplantation

26. Translating Stem Cell Discoveries
Alan Trounson

27. Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cell Transplantation: From Tissue Regeneration to Immune Modulation
Peiman Hematti

28. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering in Burns and Wounds
Patrick H. Blit, Anna I. Arno, Marc G. Jeschke

29. Derivation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells for the Treatment of Ocular Disease
Dennis O. Clegg, Sherry T. Hikita, Qirui Hu, Dave Buchholz, Teisha J. Rowland, Britney Pennington, Roxanne Croze, Lyndsay Leach, Marlene Tsie, Lisa Conti, Lincoln V. Johnson

30. Stem Cells and Diabetes
Der-I Kao, Shuibing Chen

Part V. Stem Cells and Cancer

31. Cancer Is a Problem of Developmental Biology: Maturation Arrest and the Hierarchical Model of the Origin of Cancer from Stem Cells
Stewart Sell, Pier Mario Biava

32. Targeting the Stem Cell Plasticity of Tumor Cells
Luigi Strizzi, Katharine M. Hardy, Thomas M. Bodenstine, Mary J. C. Hendrix

33. Molecular Evolution of Leukemia Stem Cells
Leslie A. Crews, Catriona H. M. Jamieson

34. Rodent Models for Assessing the Role of Stem Cells in Liver Development, Regeneration, and Carcinogenesis
Jennifer A. Sanders, Douglas C. Hixson

35. Breast Cancer Stem Cells: From Theory to Therapy
Sarah J. Conley, Max S. Wicha

36. Nephroblastoma/Wilms Tumor: A Corrupted Cap Stem Cell Caricature
Michael D. Hall, Alan O. Perantoni

Keywords: Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Embryology