Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rinkevich, Baruch (Editor), Matranga, Valeria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Environment.; Stem cells.; Developmental biology.; Invertebrates.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Stem Cells.; Developmental Biology.

Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate tissues, organs and appendages through novel de-differentiation,...

Table of Contents:

• Stem Cells: Autonomy Interactors that Emerge as Causal Agents and Legitimate Units of Selection
• Putative Stem Cell Origins in Solitary Tunicates
• Cnidarian Interstitial Cells: The Dawn of Stem Cell Research
• Stem Cells in Aquatic Invertebrates: Common Premises and Emerging Unique Themes
• Stem Cells in Asexual Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates
• Neuroimmune Chemical Messengers and Their Conservation During Evolution
• Regenerating Echinoderms: A Promise to Understand Stem Cells Potential
• Secondary Mesenchyme Cells as Potential Stem Cells of the Sea Urchin Embryo
• Cell Dynamics in Early Embryogenesis and Pluripotent Embryonic Cell Lines: From Sea Urchin to Mammals
• Regeneration in Hemichordates and Echinoderms
• Stem Cells in Sexual and Asexual Reproduction of Botryllus schlosseri (Ascidiacea, Tunicata): An Overview
• Stem Cells, Chimerism and Tolerance: Lessons from Mammals and Ascidians
• Effect of Bacterial Infection on Stem Cell Pattern in Porifera
• Defence Mechanisms and Stem Cells in Holothuria polii and Sipunculus nudus.