Rodrigues / Roelen Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology

A Guide for Students
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-43939-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 267 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Learning Materials in Biosciences

This textbook will support graduate students with learning materials rich in the basic concepts of stem cell biology, in its most widespread and updated perspective. The chapters are conceived in a way for students to understand the meaning of pluripotency, the definition of embryonic stem cells and the formation of multicellular structures such as organoids together with the underlying principles of their epigenetic. This textbook also discusses adult stem cells and the potential use of these cells, in particular neural, mesenchymal,  and several types of muscular cells, in biomedical research and clinical applications. This textbook represents a vital complement to the text on Essential Current Concepts of Stem Cell Biology, also published in the Learning Materials in Biosciences textbook series.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodrigues, Gabriela

Roelen, Bernard A. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: a decade teaching stem cell biology.- Chapter 2: Preimplantation development: from germ cells to blastocyst.- Chapter 3: Origins of pluripotency: from stem cells to germ cells.- Chapter 4: Human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells: generation and applications.- Chapter 5: Cellular reprogramming and aging.- Chapter 6: Cloning.- Chapter 7: Stem cells in plant development.- Chapter 8: Axial stem cells and the formation of the vertebrate body.- Chapter 9: Skeletal muscle development - from stem cells to body movement.- Chapter 10: Cardiac regeneration and repair: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies.- Chapter 11: Reproducing human brain development in vitro: generating cerebellar neurons for modelling cerebellar ataxias.- Chapter 12: Neurotoxicology and disease modelling.- Chapter 13: Mesenchymal stem cells for cutaneous wound healing.

Über Autor(innen)

Gabriela Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon where she is responsible for the course on Stem Cell Biology.  Bernard Roelen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht University whose research focus is on mammalian germ cells and early embryonic stem cells.