Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells,Volume 3

1. Introduction
M.A. Hayat

2. Diversity Oriented Fluorescence Library Approach for Stem Cell Probe Development
Seong-Wook Yun, Nam-Young Kang, Young-Tae Chang

3. Isolation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord (Method)
Katsuhiro Kita, Gerd G. Gauglitz, Stephen Williamson, David N. Herndon, Thang T. Phan, Marc G. Jeschke

4. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion Methodology
Mario Ricciardi, Luciano Pacelli, Giulio Bassi, Francesco Bifari, Federico Mosna, Mauro Krampera

5. Hair Follicle Stem Cells
Emilie Legué, Inês Sequeira, Jean-François Nicolas

6. Rat Embryonic Cortical Neural Stem Cells: Role of Hypoxia on Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Yong Liu, Haixia Lu, Xinlin Chen

7. Human Cord Blood-Derived Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells: From Biology to Medicine
Hector Mayani

8. Proteomic Characterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Like Populations Derived from Various Tissue Types
Krzysztof M. Mrozik, Jimin Xiong, Peter S. Zilm, Stan Gronthos, P. Mark Bartold

9. The Roles of Nanog During Early Fish Embryonic Development and Primordial Germ Cell Migration
Ana V. Sánchez-Sánchez, José L. Mullor

10. Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Serum-Free Media: Growth and Metabolism
Steve Oh

11. Evolutionary Dynamics of Mutations in Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Beyond
David Dingli, Arne Traulsen, Jorge M. Pacheco

12. Isolated Corneal Epithelial Stem Cells Derived from Limbal Biopsies: Use of Lectin as a Marker for Identifying Transient Amplifying Cells
Luciana Dini, Cristian Vergallo

13. Stem Cell Distribution and MGMT Expression in Glioblastoma: Role of Intratumoral Hypoxic Gradient
Francesca Pistollato, Alessandro Della Puppa, Luca Persano

14. Initiation of Human Tumourigenesis: Upregulation of FOXM1 Transcription Factor
Muy-Teck Teh

15. Role of Cancer Stem Cells of Breast, Colon, and Melanoma Tumors in the Response to Antitumor Therapy
Juan Antonio Marchal, María Angel García, Houria Boulaiz, Macarena Perán, Pablo Álvarez, José Carlos Prados, Consolación Melguizo, Antonia Aránega

16. Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies: Role of Major Histocompatibility Complex-1 Antigen
Alejandra Negro, Cynthia St. Hilaire, Manfred Boehm

17. Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Cellular Therapies
Catarina Madeira, Francisco dos Santos, Pedro Z. Andrade, Cláudia Lobato Silva, Joaquim M.S. Cabral

18. Radiation Burns and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy
Michel Drouet, Harry Scherthan, Viktor Meineke, Diane Agay

19. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role of Mechanical Strain in Promoting Apoptosis and Differentiation
Katey K. McKayed, Patrick J. Prendergast, Veronica A. Campbell, Aoife Gowran

20. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Melatonin as a Potential Anti-osteoporosis Drug
Dongsheng Huang, Liangming Zhang

21. Applications of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes
Hua Liu, Pooja Chaudhari, Su Mi Choi, Yoon-Young Jang

22. Stem Cells and Gastric Carcinogenesis: From Mouse to Human
Sherif M. Karam

23. Gain and Loss of Cancer Stem Cells: Effect on Metastatic Efficiency and Treatment Response
Wayne S. Kendal

24. Treatment of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury of the Kidney with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Claudia Lange, Axel R. Zander, Christof Westenfelder

25. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role for Delivering Nanoparticles to Brain Tumors
Mathilde Roger, Anne Clavreul, Philippe Menei

26. Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Role in Patient-Specific Drug Discovery
Michael Xavier Doss, Charles Antzelevitch, Agapios Sachinidis

27. Biomedical Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Vimal Selvaraj

28. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Isolation of CD133-Expressing Myogenic Progenitors from Blood and Muscle of DMD Patients
Mirella Meregalli, Andrea Farini, Yvan Torrente

29. Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Prenatal and Postnatal Transplantation
Mark S.K. Chong, Jerry K.Y. Chan

30. Protection of Mice from Stroke Using Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Hady Felfly, Gabriel G. Haddad

31. Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Transplantation
Pedro Moreno Pimentel-Coelho, Rosalia Mendez-Otero

32. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Dependent Formation and Repair of Tendon-Bone Insertions
Virginia Seiffart, Sandra Laggies, Gerhard Gross

33. Cartilage Injuries: Role of Implantation of Human Stem/Progenitor Cells
Yang Zi Jiang, Tong Tong, Boon Chin Heng, Hong Wei Ouyang

34. Bone Marrow-Derived Very Small Embryonic-Like Cells: β-Cell Regeneration in Pancreatic Tissue
Magda Kucia, Yiming Huang, Tomasz Jadczyk, Suzanne T. Ildstad, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak

35. Engineering Stem Cell Niche: Regulation of Cellular Morphology and Function
Wen Shing Leong, Chor Yong Tay, Lay Poh Tan

36. Embryonic Stem Cells: The Role of Nitric Oxide in Regulating Cell Differentiation, Self-Renewal, and Apoptosis
Juan R. Tejedo, Gladys M. Cahuana, Francisco J. Bedoya, Rafael Tapia-Limonchi

37. Induction of Apoptosis in Human Keratinocyte Stem Cells: The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide
Ken Yaegaki, Bogdan Calenic, Toshio Imai

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Oncology, Stem Cells, Apoptosis, Pharmacology/Toxicology