Overview
- Explores alternative explanations of stem cell plasticity
- Discusses the presence of potential pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues
- Examines very small embryonic-like stem cells and their therapies — alternatives to plasticity and pluripotency-based therapies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (STEMCELL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This timely volume explores various techniques for tissue and organ regeneration using stem cells isolated from adult tissues. It discusses alternative explanations of stem cell plasticity as well as current clinical results with adult stem cell therapies. It examines the presence of potential pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues, paracrine effects of stem cell therapies, and involvement of exosomes and microparticles into observed phenomena. Fifteen chapters, all written by noted leaders of their fields, focus on a variety of topics including cord blood and hematopoietic stem cells, skin and tissue organ regeneration, very small embryonic-like stem cells, and cell therapies in cardiology, neonatology, and neurology. Edited by Dr. Mariusz Ratajczak, an internationally known specialist in adult stem cell biology, Adult Stem Cell Therapies: Alternatives to Plasticity is an important addition to the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine series.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci. d.h.c is the Henry M. and Stella M. Hoenig Endowed Chair in Cancer Biology and the Director of the Stem Cell Institute at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, USA. Dr. Ratajczak earned his M.D. at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland, and his D.Sci. and Ph.D. in hematopoietic transplantation at the Center for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Warsaw, Poland. He completed fellowships at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. Dr. Ratajczak is an internationally known specialist in the field of adult stem cell biology. He is section editor of Leukemia and Journal of Blood Cancer, and he is a member of the editorial board for Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Stem Cells, and Stem Cells and Reports. He also has published numerous books and more than 400 peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adult Stem Cell Therapies: Alternatives to Plasticity
Editors: Mariusz Z. Ratajczak
Series Title: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1001-4
Publisher: Humana New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1000-7Published: 11 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5503-9Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1001-4Published: 10 September 2014
Series ISSN: 2196-8985
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8993
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 266
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Cell Biology