Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy for Osteo-Degenerative Diseases: Methods and Protocols

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1. Embryonic Stem Cells for Osteo-Degenerative Diseases Nicole I. zur Nieden 2. Methods for Culturing Mouse and Human Embryonic Stem Cells Sabrina Lin and Prue Talbot 3. Serum-Free and Feeder free Culture Conditions for Human Embryonic Stem Cells Ludovic Vallier 4. Functional Assays for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency Michael D. O'Connor, Melanie D. Kardel, and Connie J. Eaves 5. Using Cadherin Expression to Assess Spontaneous Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells Helen Spencer, Maria Keramari, and Christopher M. Ward 6. Generation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Carrying Lineage Specific Reporters Parinya Noisa, Alai Urrutikoetxea-Uriguen, and Wei Cui 7. Manipulations of MicroRNA in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Derivatives Stephanie N. Rushing, Anthony W. Herren, Deborah K Lieu, and Ronald A. Li 8. Large-Scale Expansion of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells on Microcarriers Ana M. Fernandes, Maria Margarida Diogo, Cl?udia Lobato da Silva, and Joaquim M.S. Cabral 9. Embryoid Body Formation: Recent Advances in Automated Bioreactor Technology Susanne Trettner, Alexander Seeliger, and Nicole I. zur Nieden 10. Methods for Embryoid Body Formation: The Microwell Approach Dawn P. Spelke, Daniel Ortmann, Ali Khademhosseini, Lino Ferreira, and Jeffrey M. Karp 11. Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Mesenchymal Progenitors: An Overview Peiman Hematti 12. Derivation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Andre Choo and Sai Kiang Lim 13. Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Mesenchymal Stem Cells by the "Raclure" Method Emmanuel N. Olivier and Eric E. Bouhassira 14. Improved Media Compositions for the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Osteoblasts and Chondrocytes Beatrice Kuske, Vuk Savkovic, and Nicole I. zur Nieden 15. Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells in Self-Assembling Peptide Scaffolds N?ria Mar?-Buy? and Carlos E. Semino 16. Methods for Investigation of Osteoclastogenesis Using Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Motokazu Tsuneto, Toshiyuki Yamane, and Shin-Ichi Hayashi 17. Absorption-Based Assays for the Analysis of Osteogenic and Chondrogenic Yield Lesley A. Davis, Anke Dienelt, and Nicole I. zur Nieden 18. Identification of Osteoclasts in Culture Nobuyuki Udagawa, Teruhito Yamashita, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, and Naoyuki Takahashi 19. Analysis of Glycosaminoglycans in Stem Cell Glycomics Boyangzi Li, Haiying Liu, Zhenqing Zhang, Hope E. Stansfield, Jonathan S. Dordick, and Robert J. Linhardt 20. Drill Hole Defects: Induction, Imaging, and Analysis in the Rodent Andre Obenaus and Pedro Hayes 21. Measurement and Illustration of Immune Interaction after Stem Cell Transplantation Stephan Fricke

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160761961X
• ISBN13: 9781607619611
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.1"