Animal and Plant Stem Cells

1. Introduction
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

Part I. Bioengineering and Animal Stem Cells

2. Current Status and Perspectives in Stem Cell Research: The Concept of Normal Stem (NSC) and Cancer Stem Cell (CSC)
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

3. Essential Characteristics of Stem Cells: Self-renewal, and Plasticity
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

4. Stem Cell Sources and Types of Animal Stem Cells

Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

5. Stemness and Stem Cell Markers
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

6. Stem Cell Signaling Molecules and Pathways
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

7. Expansion of Stem Cells: Propagation of Animal Stem Cells Ex Vivo (In Culture)
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

8. Stem Cell Pool: What Are the Best Patterns for Cellular Therapy?
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

9. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) and Nuclear Reprogramming
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

10. Cancer Stem Cell Concept
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

11. Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer and Metabolic Theory of CSC
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

12. Concept of Targeted Cancer Stem Cell Therapy and New Versions
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

13. HLA Typization Choice of Donors: Match or Match Me Not
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

14. Engraftment: Homing and Use of Genetic Markers
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

15. Nanotechnology in Stem Cell Research
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

16. Stem Cell Therapy: Optimization, Regeneration, Reprogramming, Expansion, Tissue Engineering
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

17. What Are Positive Results of Stem Cell Therapies?
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

18. Topic Novelties in Animal Stem Cell Research
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

19. Resume
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

Part II. Plant Stem Cells and Bioengineering

20. Stem Cells in Plants. Meristems
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

21. Shoot and Root Apical Meristems
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

22. Lateral Meristems
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

23. External Control of the Plant Stem Cells
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

24. Signaling and Genetic Regulation of the Plant Stem Cells
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

25. Meristems and Primary and Secondary Growth in a Plant
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

26. Propagation of Plant Stem Cells in Culture
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

27. Cultured Plant Stem Cells as a Source of Plant Natural Products
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

28. Mitochondria, a Vital Organelle in Stem Cell Maintenance
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

29. Molecular Similarities Between Plant and Animal Stem Cells
Mirjana Pavlović, Ksenija Radotić

Keywords: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Plant Biochemistry