(eBook) Emerging Trends in Cell and Gene Therapy by Michael K. Danquah

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Table of Contents

1. The Mechanism of Stem Cell Differentiation into Smooth

Muscle Cells

Russell Simpson and Qingbo Xu

2. Recent Advances in Embryonic Stem Cell Engineering Towards Tailored “Lineage Differentiation

Zhen Xu, Jingyu Wang, and Yanan Du

3. Human Amniotic Membrane: A Potential Tissue and Cell Source for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine

Silvia Diaz-Prado, Emma Muiños-Lopez, Isaac Fuentes-Boquete, Francisco J. de Toro, and Francisco J Blanco Garcia

4. Novel Strategies Applied to Provide Multiple Sources of Stem Cells as a Regenerative Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Abir O. El Sadik

5. Hair Follicle: A Novel Source of Stem Cells for Cell and Gene Therapy

Panagiotis Mistriotis and Stelios T. Andreadis

6. Genetically Modified Stem Cells for Transplantation

M. Ian Phillips

7. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Basics, and the Application in Disease Model and Regenerative Medicine

Zhiyong Liu and Feng Li

8. Gene Transfer to the Heart. Emerging Strategies for the Selection of Vectors, Delivery Techniques and Therapeutic Targets

Michael G Katz, Anthony S Fargnoli, Louella A Pritchette, Charles R Bridges

Carolinas Healthcare System

9. Cell-Based Therapy for Cardiovascular Injury

Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato and Teruo Okano

10. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: New Advances in Cardiac Regenerative Medicine

Shinsuke Yuasa, Mitsushige Murata, and Keiichi Fukuda

11. Dendritic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy

Nicolas Larmonier and Emmanuel Katsanis

12. Mesenchymal stem cells: prospects for cancer therapy

Long-Jun Dai, Xu-Yong Sun, Garth L. Warnock

13. RNA Interference for Oncology: Clinical Prospects Beyond the Hype

Eishi Ashihara and Taira Maekawa

14. Cell Therapy using Adult Stem Cells in Osteonecrosis and Nonunion Fractures

Jean-Philippe Hauzeur

15. Stem Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: Current Progress in Basic Science and Clinical Research

Hilary North and John Kessler

16. Pluripotent Stem Cells for Neural Regeneration

Syed Ameer Basha Paspala, Aleem Ahmed Khan,

17. Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells and their Applications in Musculoskeletal Regeneration

Yvonne Peck and Dong-An Wang

18. Stem Cell Therapy Aided liver Regeneration

Ningning Yang and Manrong Jiang

19. Application of Microfluidics of Study Stem Cell Dynamics

Huaying Chen and Robert E. Nordon

20. Biomimetic Multiscale Topography for Cell Alignment

Kara E. McCloskey

21. Spinal Cord Repair by Means of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds

Mindan Wang, Xiongbiao Chen, and David J. Schreyer

22. Stem Cells in Ligament Tissue Engineering

Mukai Chimutengwende-Gordon and Wasim Khan

23. Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering

Qizhi Chen

24. Gene Therapy for the Inner Ear: Progress and Prospects

Hong Sun, Aji Huang, Hong Liu, and Shousong Cao

25. Preclinical Studies on Growth Plate Cartilage Regeneration Using Chondrocytes or Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Rosa Chung and Cory J Xian

26. Cell and Gene Transfer Strategies for Vascularization During Skin Wound Healing

Benoit Hendrickx, Margot Den Hondt, Kristoff Verdonck, Jan J. Vranckx, and Aernout Luttun