Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 4

1. Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Proliferation and Differentiation: Role of Sonic Hedgehog and Wingless/Int-1 Proteins
Miroslava Anderova, Pavel Honsa

2. Sensitivity of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cells to Hoxa Gene Levels
Charles-Etienne Lebert-Ghali, Joanne Margaret Ramsey, Alexander Thompson, Janetta Bijl

3. Maintenance of Neural Stem Cells in the Brain: Role of Notch Signaling
Ryoichiro Kageyama, Hiromi Shimojo, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Itaru Imayoshi

4. Maintenance of Hematopoiesis: Role of Early B Cell Factor 2
Matthias Kieslinger

5. Differentiation of Periodontal Ligament Stem/Progenitor Cells: Roles of TGF-β1
Hidefumi Maeda, Shinsuke Fujii, Satoshi Monnouchi, Naohisa Wada, Akifumi Akamine

6. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Human Extra-Embryonic Amnion Cells: Role of DNA Methylation in Maintaining Stemness
Koichiro Nishino, Akihiro Umezawa

7. Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells: Role of HDAC7 and PDGF-BB
David Sims, Qingzhong Xiao

8. Adult Neural Stem Cells; Identity and Regulation
Tetsuya Imura

9. Tendon Injury: Role of Differentiation of Adult and Embryonic Derived Stem Cells
Yin Zi, Chen Xiao, Boon Chin Heng, Hong Wei Ouyang

10. The Potential of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineered Scaffolds for Repair of the Central Nervous System
Alexandra L. Rodriguez, David R. Nisbet, Clare L. Parish

11. Improving the Efficacy of Diabetes Mellitus Treatment by Combining Cell Replacement Therapy with Immune Correction
Pham Phuc, Phan Kim Ngoc

12. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Production and Characterization: An Overview of Somatic Cell Reprogramming
Jesse L. Cox, Angie Rizzino

13. Proliferation of Bone Marrow-Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role of Enamel Matrix Proteins
Kotaro Tanimoto, Yu-Ching Huang, Kazuo Tanne

14. Pluripotent Cell-Derived Glial Precursor Cells for the Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins to the Central Nervous System
Aaron J. Robinson, Joy Rathjen

15. Cellularized Scaffolds: New Clothes for Cardiac Regenerative Medicine
Kee Pah Lim, Ling Qian, Philip Wong, Winston Shim

16. Microencapsulation Procedures for the Immunoisolation of Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Review
Stefania Mazzitelli, Renata Vecchiatini, Letizia Penolazzi, Elisabetta Lambertini, Roberta Piva, Claudio Nastruzzi

17. Human Hair Follicle Stem Cells: Markers, Selection and Prospective Clinical Applications
Longmei Zhao, Basil M. Hantash

18. Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Therapy Through Paracrine Actions
Ching-Shwun Lin, Tom F. Lue

19. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Natural Killer Cell Interactions
Grazia Maria Spaggiari, Lorenzo Moretta

20. Malignant Gliomas: Treatment Using Genetically-Modified Neural Stem Cells
Michael C. Oh, Mitchel S. Berger, Daniel A. Lim

21. The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis and Its Impact on the Design of New Cancer Therapies
Angie Rizzino

22. Breast Cancer Stem Cell: Translating to the Clinic
Makiko Ono, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Takahiro Ochiya

23. Enhanced Growth and Metastasis of Colon Cancer: Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Yasuhiko Kitadai, Kei Shinagawa

24. 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

25. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Patients: Immune Recovery After Stem Cell Transplantation
Cinzia Zanotti, Luigi Caimi, Luisa Imberti

26. Transplanted Mesenchymal Stem Cells Aid the Injured Brain Through Trophic Support Mechanisms
Ciara C. Tate, Casey C. Case

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Oncology, Stem Cells, Laboratory Medicine, Neurosciences