Stem Cells and Cancer in Hepatology : From the Essentials to Application /: From the Essentials to Application. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yun-Wen Zheng.
• Editors: Zheng, Yun-Wen
• Contents: Foreword/Dr. Atsushi Miyajima, Tokyo University, Japan Preface/Dr. Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan Introduction/Dr. Yun-Wen Zheng, University of Tsukuba, Japan Molecular mechanisms of liver development: lessons from knockout mice and mutant fish The regulation of proliferation and maturation of hepatic progenitor cells during liver development Plasticity of liver epithelial cells in healthy and injured livers Stem cells in the liver and the organ size control Generation of liver progenitor cells by chemical reprogramming Generation of hepatocytes by transdifferentiation Generation of liver organoids and the potential application Reconstitution of liver tissue with engineered multicellular spheroids Role of platelet, blood stem cell and thrombopoietin in liver regeneration and liver diseases Dynamic tissue remodeling in chronic liver diseases: abnormal proliferation and differentiation of hepatocytes and bile ducts/ductules Stem cells in the hepato-biliary system and in the development of cancer: the points of view from a surgeon Stem cells in the chronically injured livers and the interaction with their environment Stem cells in the liver cancers and the controversial Characteristics and clinical significance of liver cancer stem cells Clinical application of stem cells in liver diseases: from bench to bedside
• Publisher Details: London : Academic Press, An imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, colour illustrations
• Subjects: 616.362; Hepatology; Stem cells; Liver -- Diseases; Liver -- Cancer; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128123027; 0128123028
• Related ISBNs: 9780128123010; 012812301X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 25, 2018).
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