Factors Involved in Self-Renewal and Pluripotency
ofEmbryonicStemCells . . 1
H. Darr, N. Benvenisty
Embryonic StemCell-Derived Embryoid Bodies: An InVitroModel
of Eutherian Pregastrulation Development and Early Gastrulation 21
G.Weitzer
Embryonic Stem Cells: A Novel Tool for the Study of Antiangiogenesis
andTumor-InducedAngiogenesis 53
M.Wartenberg, F. Dönmez, P. Budde, H. Sauer
CardiacRepairbyEmbryonicStem-DerivedCells 73
M. Rubart, L.J. Field
CardiomyocytesfromHumanEmbryonicStemCells . 101
R. Passier, C. Denning, C. Mummery
Autocrine and Intracrine Signaling for Cardiogenesis inEmbryonic Stem
Cells: A Clue for the Development of Novel Differentiating Agents 123
C. Ventura, A. Branzi
TherapeuticPotentialofStemCellsinDiabetes . 147
E. Roche, R. Enseñat-Waser, J.A. Reig, J. Jones, T. León-Quinto, B. Soria
The Stem Cell Continuum: A New Model of Stem Cell Regulation . 169
P.J. Quesenberry, G.A. Colvin, M.S. Dooner
MarkersofAdultTissue-BasedStemCells . 185
M.R. Alison, M. Brittan, M.J. Lovell, N.A.Wright
Designer Cytokines for Human Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell
Expansion: Impact forTissueRegeneration . 229
S. Rose-John
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Isolation, In Vitro Expansion
and Characterization . 249
N. Beyer Nardi, L. da Silva Meirelles
Neovascularization and Cardiac Repair by Bone Marrow-Derived Stem
Cells . 283
C. Badorff, S. Dimmeler
The Potential Use of Myogenic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine . . 299
G. Grenier, M.A. Rudnicki
Neural Stem Cells: On Where They Hide, in Which Disguise, and How
WeMayLureThemOut . . 319
B. Berninger, M.A. Hack, M. Götz
CellTransplantationforPatientswithParkinson’sDisease . . 361
G. Paul
Postmodern Biology: (Adult) (Stem) Cells Are Plastic, Stochastic, Complex,
andUncertain . . 389
N.D. Theise, R. Harris
Subject Index . . 409
