Part I Basic Concepts of Stem Cells
1 Primordial Germ Cells and Germ Line Stem Cells
Ji Wu, Zhuxia Zheng, Hu Wang, Xingxing Mei, Xingbao Ding
and Xiaoyong Li
2 Human Amniotic Fluid-Derived and Amniotic
Membrane-Derived Stem Cells
Limei Yu
3 Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Immunomodulatory
Properties
Lianming Liao and Robert Chunhua Zhao
4 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell, a Rising Star
in Regenerative Medicine
Yihuan Mao, Yukai Wang, Libin Wang and Qi Zhou
5 Stem Cells and Hematopoietic Cell Engineering
Xiaoyan Xie, Yanhaa Li, Yanxun Sun, Jin Zhang, Fang Fang,
Wen Yue and Xuetao Pei
6 Signaling Pathways Regulating Stem Cells
Xingting Guo, Jun Chen, Zhaohui Li and Rongwen Xi
7 The Concept of Mesenchymal Stem Cell System: Bring More
Insights into Functional Research of MSCs
Shihua Wang and Robert Chunhua Zhao
8 Human Neural Development and Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Neural Differentiation
Yunbo Qiao and Naihe Jing
9 Molecular Imaging: The Key to Advancing Stem Cell Therapy ..
Ningning He and Zongjin Li
10 Stem Cell and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Chengbin Xue, Sheng Yi and Xiaosong Gu
11 Biomaterial-Assisted Stem Cell Engineering for Tissue
Construction and Regeneration
Xiaojun Yan, Bingjie Wang, Chunxiao Qi, Jonathan Joseph Lowrey
and Yanan Du
Part II Clinical Translation
12 Stem Cells in the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
and Cardiomyopathy
Robert J. Henning
13 Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Bladder Dysfunction
Hong J. Lee and Sung Sik Choi
14 Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Cancer Therapy
Nedime Serakinci and Mahmut Cerkez Ergoren
15 Stem Cell Therapy for GVHD
Nayoun Kim and Seok-Goo Cho
16 Clinical Application and Molecular Mechanism of Multipotent
Stem Cell Therapy for Liver Disease
Xia Zhou, Lina Cui, Yongquan Shi and Ying Han
17 Stem Cell Therapy for Cartilage Defects
Philip S. Pastides and Wasim S. Khan
18 Stem Cell Transplantation for Crohn''s Disease
Jie Liang and Kaichun Wu
19 Stem Cell Therapy for Optic Nerve Regeneration
Huasong Gao and Jianhong Zhu
20 Stem Cells and Spinal Cord Regeneration
Xinhua Zhang, Sheng Yi and Xiaosong Gu
21 Cell Transplantation Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus:
From Embryonic Stem Cells to Transdifferentiation
of Adult Cells .
Xinhua Xiao and Yiiing Liu