Stem Cell Transplantation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: López-Larrea, Carlos (Editor), López-Vázquez, Antonio (Editor), Suárez-Álvarez, Beatriz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 741
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cancer research.; Stem cells.; Life Sciences.; Stem Cells.; Cancer Research.

Organ transplantation has been the most important therapeutic advance in the last third of the 20th century. Its development has revolutionized medicine, as demonstrated by the fact that a large number of researchers in this field have been awarded Nobel Prizes. In the beginning of this century, we...

Table of Contents:

• The Frontiers of Organ Transplantation and Cell Therapy
• Organ Transplantation in the 21st Century
• Immunology and the Challenge of Transplantation
• Cellular Immunotolerance in the Transplant
• Immunosuppression in the Era of Biological Agents
• Transgenic Organs and Xenotransplants
• Cell and Tissue Therapy in Regenerative Medicine
• Characteristics of Adult Stem Cells
• Bone Marrow Transplantation Extends its Scope
• Biology of Stem Cells: The Role of Microenvironments
• Mobilization and Homing of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
• Great Promise of Tissue‑Resident Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells in Transplantation and Cancer Therapies
• Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Clinical Applicat Ions and Cancer Modeling
• Neural Stem Cells and Transplantation Studies in Parkinson’s Disease
• Biological Impact of Humanembryoni C Stem Cells
• Epigenetics of Embryoni C Stem Cells
• New Tools in Regenerative Medicine: Gene Therapy
• Therapeutic Cloning and Cellular Reprogramming
• Advances in Stem Cell Therapy
• Tissue Bioengineering and Artificial Organs.