Fetal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine

Part I. Fetal Cell Biology

1. Historical Perspectives
Scott M. Deeney, Timothy M. Crombleholme

2. Feto-Maternal Cell Trafficking and Labor
S. Christopher Derderian, Cerine Jeanty, Tippi C. MacKenzie

3. Paracrine Effects of Fetal Stem Cells
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, Gabriela Schneider, Janina Ratajczak

4. Immunogenicity and Immunomodulation of Fetal Stem Cells
Stephen E. Sherman, David A. Hess

5. Embryonic Stem Cells and Fetal Development Models
Monika Nowak-Imialek, Heiner Niemann

6. Fetal Cell Reprogramming and Transformation
Jeong Mook Lim, Ji Yeon Ahn

Part II. Amniotic Fluid and Membrane

7. Historical Perspectives
Joseph A. Brazzo

8. Amniotic Membrane Stem Cell Populations
Rebecca Lim, Jean Tan, Ryan J. Hodges, Euan M. Wallace

9. Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Populations
Julie Di Bernardo, Shaun M. Kunisaki

10. Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Culture Methods
Dema Najem, Maria Ribecco-Lutkiewicz, Caroline Sodja, Felipe Mangoni Moretti, Danica Stanimirovic, Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub

11. MicroRNA Expression in Amniotic Fluid Cells
Maria Ribecco-Lutkiewicz, Dao Ly, Caroline Sodja, Julie Haukenfrers, Brandon Smith, Qing Yan Liu, Marianna Sikorska, Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub

Part III. Umbilical Cord and Placenta

12. Historical Perspectives
Karen K. Ballen

13. Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Populations
David T. Harris

14. Wharton’s Jelly Stem Cells
Marina Bastawrous, Mibel M. Pabón, Sandra Acosta, Ike Peña, Diana Hernandez-Ontiveros, Meaghan Staples, Kazutaka Shinozuka, Paolina Pantcheva, Naoki Tajiri, Yuji Kaneko, Cesar V. Borlongan

15. Placental Stem Cells and Culture Methods
Mofeedah Al Shammary, Felipe Mangoni Moretti

Part IV. Translational Developments

16. Fetal Stem Cell Banking
Mohammad Z. Albanna, Erik J. Woods

17.
In Utero Stem Cell Transplantation
Matthew M. Boelig, Alan W. Flake

18. Fetal Tissue Engineering
Christina Feng, Dario O. Fauza

19. Perinatal Gene Therapy
Panicos Shangaris, Anna L. David

20. Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy (TRASCET)
Beatrice Dionigi, Dario O. Fauza

21. Stem Cells and Commercialization
Timothy Ken Mackey

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