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Title Biology and engineering of stem cell niches / edited by Ajaykumar Vishwakarma, Jeffrey M. Karp
Published London, United Kingdom : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2017

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Contents 880-01 Front Cover; BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING OF STEM CELL NICHES; BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING OF STEM CELL NICHES; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 -- Biology of Stem Cell Niches and Molecular Mechanisms; 1 -- The Need to Study, Mimic, and Target Stem Cell Niches; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The Stem Cell Niche in Health and Disease; 1.2 Components of Stem Cell Niche; 2. BIOLOGY OF THE STEM CELL NICHE; 2.1 Behavior of Stem Cells: Hierarchical Versus Stochastic Model; 2.2 Embryonic and Adult Stem Cell Niches; 3. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL REGULATION OF STEM CELL BEHAVIOR
880-01/(S 1. INTRODUCTION2. ORGANIZATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL NICHE IN THE BONE MARROW; 3. NICHE SIGNALING; 3.1 Transformation Growth Factor Beta and Bone Morphogenic Pathway Signaling; 3.1.1 Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling; 3.1.2 BMP Signaling; 3.2 Wnt Signaling; 3.2.1 Canonical Wnt Signaling; 3.2.2 Noncanonical Wnt Signaling; 3.3 Growth Factors, Cytokines, and Chemokines; 3.3.1 c-Kit-Stem Cell Factor Signaling; 3.3.2 CXCL12-Cxcr4/Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1 Signaling; 3.3.3 Angiopoietin1; 3.3.4 Osteopontin and Thrombopoietin; 3.4 Notch Signaling and Hedgehog Signaling
3.1 Extracellular Matrix and Biochemical Cues3.2 Soluble Growth Factors and Ligands; 3.3 Physical Cues and Matrix Mechanics; 3.4 Oxygen and Metabolism; 3.5 Immune Cells, Inflammation, and Immunomodulation; 4. MIMICKING THE STEM CELL NICHE: BIOENGINEERING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES; 5. BIOENGINEERING SPECIALIZED ARTIFICIAL STEM CELL NICHES FOR CLINICAL THERAPIES; References; 2 -- Harnessing the Biology of Stem Cells' Niche; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. COMPONENTS OF THE STEM CELL NICHE; 2.1 Cellular Components; 2.2 Noncellular Components; 3. INTEGRATIVE NETWORKS REGULATING THE NICHE
4. DISTINCT NICHES FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF DIFFERENTIATION5. NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION AND DISTURBANCE OF THE TISSUE ECOSYSTEM; 6. CONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; Glossary; References; 3 -- Pluripotent Stem Cell Microenvironment; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PLURIPOTENT CELL MICROENVIRONMENT IN THE EARLY MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; 2.1 Lineage Specification in the Preimplantation Embryo; 2.2 Role of Extraembryonic Cells in Development of the Pluripotent Cells; 2.2.1 Interactions Between Inner and Outer Blastomeres During the ICM Versus TE Specification and Associated Signals
2.2.2 Cellular Interplay Between the PrE and the Epiblast3. MICROENVIRONMENT OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN VITRO; 3.1 Derivation of Embryonic Stem Cells; 3.2 Cellular Heterogeneity in Mouse ESC Cultures; 3.3 Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Metastable States of Mouse ESCs; 3.4 Heterogeneity of Human ESC Culture; 3.5 Functional and Epigenetic Distinctions Between Human ESC Subfractions; 3.6 Regulatory Niche in Human ESC Culture; 4. CONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; Glossary; Acknowledgment; References; 4 -- Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dynamics by Molecular Niche Signaling
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Stem cells.
Stem Cell Niche
Stem Cells
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Cell Biology.
Stem cells
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Vishwakarma, Ajaykumar, editor.
Karp, Jeffrey, editor.
LC no. 2017302976
ISBN 9780128027561
0128027568