Methods in enzymology. Adult stem cells / Volume 419, ([2006])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Adult stem cells
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Irina Klimanskaya, Robert Lanza.
• Editors: Klimanskaya, Irina; Lanza, R. P (Robert Paul), 1956-
• Contents: Ectoderm -- Chapter 1: Neural Stem cell isolation and characterization -- Reagents and Instrumentation -- Methods -- Chapter 2: Neural stem cells and their manipulation -- Adult niches for stem cells In vivo -- In vitro manipulation of NSCs -- Sample protocols for the culture and characterization of NSCs -- Chapter 3: Retinal stem cells -- Materials and methods -- Chapter 4: Epithelial skin stem cells -- Introduction to skin epithelial stem cells -- Epithelial skin organization and the hair cycle -- Characteristics of skin epithelial stem cells -- Chapter 5: Dental pulp stem cells -- Identification of dental pulp stem cells -- Isolation of DPSCs -- Differentiation of DPSCs -- Section II: Mesoderm -- Chapter 6: Postnatal skeletal stem cells -- Introduction -- Skeletal stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells -- Defining a skeletal ttem cell -- Origin and nature of skeletal stem cells -- Plasticity of BMSCs -- Role of skeletal stem cells in disease -- Molecular engineering -- Potential use of skeletal stem cells in tissue engineering and regenerative Medicine -- Establishment of nonclonal populations of BMSCs in vitro -- Establishment of clonal populations of BMSCs in vitro -- Determination of colony-forming efficiency -- In vitro differentiation of BMSCs -- In vivo differentiation of BMSCs -- Chapter 7: Hematopoietic stem Cells -- Identification and enrichment of HSCs -- Functional characterization of candidate HSCs -- Long-term culture of candidate HSCs and progenitors -- Chapter 8: Hemangioblasts and their progeny -- Ex vivo expansion of CD133+ cells -- Hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation of single cell-derived EGFP+ clones -- Phenotypical and functional studies of CD133-derived cells during ex vivo expansion and differentiation -- Materials -- Reagents -- Methods -- Chapter 9: Kidney epithelial cells -- Analysis of steady state tubular epithelium maintenance -- Regeneration of experimentally injured kidney tubules -- Extratubular progenitor cells -- Culture of human tubular progenitor cells -- Chapter 10: Ovarian germ cells -- Origin of primordial germ cells -- Formation of human fetal oocytes and primordial and primary follicles -- Immune system-related cells and oogenesis in fetal ovaries -- Fetal programming of follicular renewal during adulthood -- "Ovary within the ovary " pattern and Thy-1 differentiation protein -- Cessation of adult oogenesis -- Oogenesis and follicular renewal in adult ovaries -- Working hypothesis on the role of the gonadal environment -- Differentiation of stem cells and tissue control system theory -- Potential treatment of ovarian infertility by producing new primary follicles In vivo -- Mystery of the origin of oocytes in adult mammalian ovaries.
• Publisher Details: San Diego, California, USA : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xl, 534 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.02/774; Stem cells; Cell differentiation; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Developmental Biology; Stamcellen; Volwassenen; Ectodermale dysplasie; Mesoderm; Endotheel; Cell differentiation; Stem cells; Adult Stem Cells -- cytology; Adult Stem Cells -- physiology; Cell Differentiation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080469164; 0080469167
• Related ISBNs: 0123736501; 9780123736505
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2015).
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