Stem Cell Biology in Health and Disease

✍ Scribed by Thomas Dittmar, Kurt S. Zänker (auth.), Thomas Dittmar, Kurt S. Zanker (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 427
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Stem Cell Biology in Health and Disease presents an up-to-date overview about the dual role of stem cells in health and disease. The Editors have drawn together an international team of experts providing chapters which, in this fully-illustrated volume, discuss:

- the controversial debate on the great expectations concerning stem cell based regeneration therapies raised by the pluripotency of various stem cells.
- the advantages and concerns about embryonic stem cells (ES cells), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) and adult stem cells, such as bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMDCs).
- the type of stem cells, which has become of interest in the past decade, namely so-called cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs are now in the focus of cancer research since the eradication of tumour initiating cells would raise the changes of definitely cure cancer.

Professor Dittmar and Professor Zänker have edited a must-read book for researchers and professionals working in the field of regenerative medicine and/or cancer.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Clinical Use – Transplantation and Mobilization....Pages 11-26
Ex Vivo Expansion of HSPCs....Pages 27-56
Modulation of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Migration....Pages 57-77
Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Consider for Cancer Cell Therapy....Pages 79-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Alternative Embryonic Stem Cell Sources....Pages 101-143
Cell Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 145-154
Transplantation of Stem Cells and Their Derivatives in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 155-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Cancer: A Stem Cell-based Disease?....Pages 185-222
Stem Cell Niche Versus Cancer Stem Cell Niche – Differences and Similarities....Pages 223-233
The Chronically Inflamed Microenvironment and Cancer Stem Cells....Pages 235-250
Does the Chronically Inflamed Periodontium Harbour Cancer Stem Cells?....Pages 251-279
Leukemia Stem Cells....Pages 281-294
Cancer Stem Cells in Solid Tumors....Pages 295-326
“One for All” or “All for One”? – The Necessity of Cancer Stem Cell Diversity in Metastasis Formation and Cancer Relapse....Pages 327-356
Elimination of Cancer Stem Cells....Pages 357-384
Potential Molecular Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells: Are ATP-Binding Cassette Membrane Transporters Appropriate Targets to Eliminate Cancer-Initiating Cells?....Pages 385-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-426

✦ Subjects

Cancer Research; Oncology; Stem Cells; Immunology; Transplant Surgery

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