Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Efrat, Shimon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Diabetes.; Cell biology.; Stem cells.; Medicine & Public Health.; Stem Cells.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Cell Biology.

Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes, one of the latest installments of the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine series, reviews the three main approaches for generation of sufficient numbers of insulin-producing cells for restoration of an adequate beta-cell mass: beta-cell expansion, stem-cell di...

Table of Contents:

• Beta-Cell Expansion and Regeneration
• Pancreas and Islet Development
• Islet and Pancreas Transplantation
• Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Pancreatic Beta Cells
• Islet Regeneration
• Beta-Cell Expansion in Vitro
• Beta Cells from Non-beta Cells
• What Does It Take to Make a Beta Cell?
• Generation of Beta Cells from Acinar Cells
• Generation of Beta Cells from Pancreatic Duct Cells and/or Stem Cells
• Adult Cell Reprogramming: Using Nonpancreatic Cell Sources to Generate Surrogate Beta Cells for Treatment of Diabetes
• Embryonic Stem Cells as a Potential Cure for Diabetes
• Tissue Engineering and Immune Protection
• Functional Tissue Reconstruction with the Use of Biologic Scaffolds
• Immunoisolation in Cell Transplantation
• Prevention of Islet Graft Rejection and Recipient Tolerization.