Stem cells in development and disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schatten, Gerald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, [2004]
Series:Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 60.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Therapeutic cloning and tissue engineering
  • Principles of tissue engineering
  • Stem cells
  • Therapeutic cloning
  • Applications of tissue engineering and therapeutic cloning
  • α-synuclein : normal function and role in neurodegenerative disease
  • Introduction to the synuclein protein family
  • Synuclein in synaptic development and maintenance
  • Synuclein protein interactions
  • Synucleinopathies
  • Structural properties of a α-synuclein protein
  • Implications of oxidative and nitrative injury in synucleinopathies
  • Effects of oxidation and nitration on α-synuclein fibril formation
  • Possible role of pesticides and other toxic chemicals in PD
  • Transgenic and nontransgenic animal models of synucleinopathies
  • Structure and function of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases
  • DNA methylation : a heritable epigenetic mark
  • Eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases
  • Function of DNA methylation
  • Mechanical signals as regulators of stem cell fate
  • Mechanical regulation of limb development
  • Theoretical models of mechanical stress in development
  • In vivo experimentation
  • In vitro experimentation
  • Origins of mammalian hematopoiesis : in vivo paradigms and in vitro models
  • Introduction : the hematopoietic system
  • Hematopoiesis : de muibus et maribus
  • Points of divergence between murine and human blood formation
  • Hematopoiesis from embryonic stem cells
  • What remains to be learned?
  • Regulation of gene activity and repression : a consideration of unifying themes
  • Regulation of imprinted gene activity and repression
  • A consideration of recurrent themes
  • Molecular basis for the chloride channel activity of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and the consequences of disease-causing mutations
  • Role of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channel function in tissue physiology and pathophysiology
  • Cell biology of CFTR and the major CF mutant (delta F508)
  • Quanternary structure of CFTR
  • The permeation pore of CFTR
  • Molecular basis for regulation by phosphorylation
  • Molecular basis for regulation by nucleotides
  • Future directions