abstract：:Regenerative therapy of the salivary gland (SG) is a promising therapeutic approach for irreversible hyposalivation in patients with head and neck cancer treated by radiotherapy. However, little is known about the molecular regulators of stem/progenitor cell activity and regenerative processes in the SG. Wnt/β-catenin...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hai B,Yang Z,Millar SE,Choi YS,Taketo MM,Nagy A,Liu F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic asthma is an inflammatory airway disease caused by T helper type 2 (Th2)-driven immune responses. Recent studies have demonstrated that adipose-derived stromal cells (ASC) have an immunosuppressive effect on T-cell activity. This study was performed to investigate whether ASC can inhibit Th2-dependent allergi...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Park HK,Cho KS,Park HY,Shin DH,Kim YK,Jung JS,Park SK,Roh HJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors suppress bone repair and bone formation by suppressing angiogenesis as well as potentially interfering with osteoblast and osteoclast functions. In spite of these reports, there is a controversy over the exact effects of COX-2 inhibitors on bone formation processes itself. This work...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Yoon DS,Yoo JH,Kim YH,Paik S,Han CD,Lee JW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerating islet (Reg) proteins are involved in the proliferation and differentiation of diverse cell types. However, whether embryonic stem cells (ESCs) express Reg genes and their corresponding proteins remains unknown. In this study, we probed the expression of Reg family members by mouse ESCs (mESCs). Mouse Reg1...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Jing D,Kehoe DE,Tzanakakis ES

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rapid and efficient 5-step program of defined factors for the genesis of brain myelin-forming oligodendrocytes (OLs) from embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The OLs emerge on the same time frame in vitro as seen in vivo. Factors promoting neural induction (retinoids, noggin) are required, while exogenous Sonic...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Sadowski D,Kiel ME,Apicella M,Arriola AG,Chen CP,McKinnon RD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factor FoxA1 plays a critical role during embryonic development and is activated during retinoic acid (RA)-induced neural differentiation of pluripotent P19 embryonal carcinoma cells at the early stage, which is marked by decreased expression of Nanog and increased expression of neural stem cell marker N...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Tan Y,Xie Z,Ding M,Wang Z,Yu Q,Meng L,Zhu H,Huang X,Yu L,Meng X,Chen Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-tumorous liver tissue removed during surgery to resect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is potentially a useful source of material from which cells, particularly liver progenitor/stem cells (LPCs), can be isolated to establish cell lines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the "plate-and-...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Zhang A,London R,Schulz FM,Giguère-Simmonds PW,Delriviere L,Chandraratana H,Hardy K,Zheng S,Olynyk JK,Yeoh G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-induced mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) increases human serum levels of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), our aim was to investigate the role of HGF and its receptor, c-Met, in the mobilization of HSPC. CD34(+) cells and leukocytes were isolate...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Jalili A,Shirvaikar N,Marquez-Curtis LA,Turner AR,Janowska-Wieczorek A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges in stem cell research is to avoid transformation during cultivation. We studied high passage subventricular zone derived neural stem cells (NSCs) cultures of adult rats in the absence of growth factors epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). We termed this culture...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Kaus A,Widera D,Kassmer S,Peter J,Zaenker K,Kaltschmidt C,Kaltschmidt B

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulty in long-term expansion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) using standard culture systems without the loss of their stem cell properties suggests that a critical feature of their microenvironment necessary for retention of stem cell properties is absent in these culture systems. We report here the reconsti...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Lai Y,Sun Y,Skinner CM,Son EL,Lu Z,Tuan RS,Jilka RL,Ling J,Chen XD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of Schwann cells from precursors within adult skin and bone marrow is of significant clinical interest because of the opportunities for disease modelling and strategies for remyelination. Recent evidence has suggested that glial cells can be generated from (i) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) within adult ...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hunt DP,Sajic M,Phillips H,Henderson D,Compston A,Smith K,Chandran S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have the potential to differentiate into many adult cell types, and they are being explored as a resource for cell replacement therapies for multiple diseases. In order to optimize in vitro differentiation protocols, it will be necessary to elucidate regulatory mechanisms that contri...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hinton A,Afrikanova I,Wilson M,King CC,Maurer B,Yeo GW,Hayek A,Pasquinelli AE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence shows that amniotic fluid (AF) contains multiple cell types derived from the developing fetus, and may represent a novel source of stem cells for cell therapy. In this study, we examined the paracrine factors released by human amniotic fluid-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AF-MSCs) and their ability to...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Yoon BS,Moon JH,Jun EK,Kim J,Maeng I,Kim JS,Lee JH,Baik CS,Kim A,Cho KS,Lee JH,Lee HH,Whang KY,You S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of helix-loop-helix (HLH) protein family of Id (inhibitor of differentiation) dimerize with bHLH transcription factors and function as negative regulators of differentiation during development. Most of inhibitory roles of Id proteins have been demonstrated in non-neural tissues, and their roles in the developi...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Jung S,Park RH,Kim S,Jeon YJ,Ham DS,Jung MY,Kim SS,Lee YD,Park CH,Suh-Kim H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most disease-modifying therapeutic approaches in Alzheimer's disease (AD) aim to reduce the accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides as a hallmark of AD pathogenesis. Here we report the in vitro basis for a potential autologous stem cell-based strategy for widespread delivery of enzymatic activities ag...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Habisch HJ,Schmid B,von Arnim CA,Ludolph AC,Brenner R,Storch A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examine whether a somatic cell, once returned to a pluripotent state, gains the ability to reprogram other somatic cells. We reprogrammed mouse embryonic fibroblasts by viral induction of oct4, sox2, c-myc, and klf-4 genes. Upon fusion of the resulting iPS cells with somatic cells harboring an Oct4-GF...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Sumer H,Jones KL,Liu J,Heffernan C,Tat PA,Upton KR,Verma PJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol antioxidant that has been shown to facilitate osteogenic differentiation. A recent breakthrough has demonstrated that ectopic expression of four genes is sufficient to reprogram murine and human fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. However, the roles of resveratrol...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Kao CL,Tai LK,Chiou SH,Chen YJ,Lee KH,Chou SJ,Chang YL,Chang CM,Chen SJ,Ku HH,Li HY

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pluripotent and proliferative capacity of embryonic germ (EG) cells is thought to be equivalent to that of embryonic stem (ES) cells, there has been far less attention focused on the potential use of EG cells for applications in developing novel strategies of tissue transplantation in the treatment of deg...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Wu Y,Ge C,Zeng W,Zhang C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cells have been used to induce dopaminergic differentiation of mouse, primate, and human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), but the mechanism that governs this induction is unknown. In this manuscript, we show that medium conditioned by the stromal cell line PA6 (PA6-CM) can induce dopaminergic differentiation in n...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Swistowska AM,da Cruz AB,Han Y,Swistowski A,Liu Y,Shin S,Zhan M,Rao MS,Zeng X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success rate of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) derivation depends on both culture conditions and embryo quality and is routinely determined by morphological criteria. However, high incidence of chromosomal abnormality even in high-grade cleavage embryos from in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients suggests that th...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ilic D,Caceres E,Lu S,Julian P,Foulk R,Krtolica A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (Epo) may be considered as an endogenous stimulator of vessel growth during tumor progression through an autocrine and/or paracrine loop. The vascular effects of Epo would be relevant in tumor angiogenesis and the negative effect of Epo on tumor growth may be aggravated by its angiogenic activity. The m...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ribatti D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) is a promising strategy for repair of the diseased/injured central nervous system (CNS); however, controlling their differentiation remains a significant hurdle. This study is aimed at controlling differentiation and specifically at screening exogenous factors to...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Zahir T,Chen YF,MacDonald JF,Leipzig N,Tator CH,Shoichet MS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a novel progenitor cell population from adult rat pancreatic ducts, termed pancreatic-derived progenitor cells (PDPCs). Here, we report the in vitro culture, selection, and characterization of Thy1.1-positive and Thy1.1-negative PDPC subpopulations. These cells exhibit bipotentiality for differentiati...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Stevenson KS,McGlynn L,Hodge M,McLinden H,George WD,Davies RW,Shiels PG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are known to survive in serum-free media, when most normal somatic cells do not survive. We found that the endogenously-activated bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathway is involved in this cellular behavior. Under this culture condition, phosphorylated Smad1 (PSmad1),...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Solmesky LJ,Abekasis M,Bulvik S,Weil M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human umbilical cord blood (CB) has been used successfully in stem cell transplantation. A subpopulation of CD34(+) cells expresses chemokine receptor CXCR4 which is critical for bone marrow engraftment in human hematopoietic stem cells. Here, we demonstrate the effect of short-term culture on CXCR4 expression on umbi...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ohno N,Kajiume T,Sera Y,Sato T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell-based therapy is a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. In our laboratory, a novel protocol has been developed to induce bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) into neurotrophic factors- secreting cells (NTF-SC), thus combining stem cell-based therapy with the NTF-based neuroprotecti...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Sadan O,Bahat-Stromza M,Barhum Y,Levy YS,Pisnevsky A,Peretz H,Ilan AB,Bulvik S,Shemesh N,Krepel D,Cohen Y,Melamed E,Offen D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimization of defined growth conditions is necessary for the development of clinical application of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Current research has focused on developing defined media formulations for long-term culture of hESCs with little attention on the establishment of defined substrates for hESC pr...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Brafman DA,Shah KD,Fellner T,Chien S,Willert K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the isolation and characterization of a population of pancreatic progenitor cells (PPCs) from early trimester human fetal pancreata. The PPCs, being the forerunners of adult pancreatic cell lineages, were amenable to growth and differentiation into insulin-secreting islet-like cell clusters (ICCs)...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Leung KK,Suen PM,Lau TK,Ko WH,Yao KM,Leung PS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction is a major public health problem that causes significant mortality despite recent advances in its prevention and treatment. Therefore, approaches based on adult stem cells represent a promising alternative to conventional therapies for this life-threatening condition. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Armiñán A,Gandía C,Bartual M,García-Verdugo JM,Lledó E,Mirabet V,Llop M,Barea J,Montero JA,Sepúlveda P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cell (SMC) differentiation and dedifferentiation play a critical role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. The lack of a good and simple in vitro SMC differentiation system has hampered the progress of SMC field for years. The generation of such an in vitro system would be invaluable for explo...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Xie CQ,Huang H,Wei S,Song LS,Zhang J,Ritchie RP,Chen L,Zhang M,Chen YE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been reports of marrow cells converting into pulmonary epithelial cells after marrow transplantation in irradiated mice. We evaluated the impact of whole bone marrow (WBM) infusion in mice, with or without total body irradiation (TBI), treated with saline or monocrotaline (MCT), which induces pulmonary hype...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Aliotta JM,Keaney PJ,Warburton RR,DelTatto M,Dooner MS,Passero MA,Quesenberry PJ,Klinger JR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that the delivery of human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (hASCs) has great potential as regenerative therapy. This was performed to develop a method for expanding hASCs by reducing the amount of serum required. We demonstrate that hASCs were able to expand efficiently in media con...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Iwashima S,Ozaki T,Maruyama S,Saka Y,Kobori M,Omae K,Yamaguchi H,Niimi T,Toriyama K,Kamei Y,Torii S,Murohara T,Yuzawa Y,Kitagawa Y,Matsuo S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine stromal cell line (OP9-DL1) expressing a notch ligand, Delta-like-1, has been shown to be able to drive the differentiation of both murine and human hematopoietic progenitors into T cells in vitro. Further studies showed that hematopoietic progenitors transduced by a retroviral vector to express a human CD8 T...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Dai B,Wang P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been widely accepted as an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) for transplantation, its use in adults is restricted because of low absolute HSC numbers. To overcome this obstacle, expansion of HSC in coculture with feeder cells is a promising possibility. In thi...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Magin AS,Körfer NR,Partenheimer H,Lange C,Zander A,Noll T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation and transcriptional activity of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is essential for maintaining mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell cultures in an undifferentiated state. However, reports from human and monkey ES-cell culture suggest that STAT3 is dispensable for pluripotency in these...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Wagner TU,Kraeussling M,Fedorov LM,Reiss C,Kneitz B,Schartl M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human stem cells from various sources have potential therapeutic applications. The clinical implementation of these therapies introduces the need for methods of noninvasive tracking of cells. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for in vivo detection an...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Delo DM,Olson J,Baptista PM,D'Agostino RB Jr,Atala A,Zhu JM,Soker S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:My concept of cell differentiation involves genetic information from DNA being transcribed into mRNA proteins-morphogenes (mRNAs+ homeodomain proteins)-and stored in the ovoplasm as maternal inheritance, or cytoplasmic genetic memory. Feedback mechanism(s) allow these morphogenes to selectively unlock new genes, regul...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Kristeva MA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) posses the ability to self-renew and differentiate into a multitude of lineages, including the osteogenic lineage in vitro. Currently, most approaches have focused on embryonic body (EB)-mediated osteogenic differentiation, which relies on formation of all three germ layers resulting in lim...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Hwang YS,Polak JM,Mantalaris A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of methods to induce differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) has opened the possibility of using these cells in regenerative or reparative therapies. However, the low frequency of hMSCs in tissue means it is often necessary to expand these cells extensively in vitro. In this study, we e...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Khoo ML,Shen B,Tao H,Ma DD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have attracted much attention as potential platforms for transgene delivery and cell-based therapy for human disease. MSCs have the capability to self-renew and retain multipotency after extensive expansion in vitro, making them attractive targets for ex vivo modification and autologous t...

journal_title：Stem cells and development

authors： Ricks DM,Kutner R,Zhang XY,Welsh DA,Reiser J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00