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Adult stem cells /

This is the second of three planned volumes in the Methods in Enzymology series on the topic of stem cells. This volume is a unique anthology of stem cell techniques focusing on adult stem cells, and written by experts from the top laboratories in the world. The contributors not only have hands-on e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Klimanskaya, Irina (Editor ), Lanza, Robert, 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, California : Elsevier Academic Press, �2006.
Colección:Methods in enzymology ; v. 419.
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  • 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 stem 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.