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CELL TRANSPLANTATION
The Regenerative Medicine Journal
TABLES OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 14, 2005
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 10, 2005
Review
A Role
of the Choroid Plexus in Transplantation Therapy
Dwaine F. Emerich, Stephen J. M. Skinner,
Cesario V. Borlongan, and Christopher G. Thanos
Original Contributions
Minimal
Focal Steatosis of Liver After Islet Transplantation in Humans: A Long-Term
Study
Paola Maffi, Enzo Angeli, Federico Bertuzzi,
Carlo Paties, Carlo Socci, Carlo Fedeli, Francesca De Taddeo, Rita Nano,
Valerio Di Carlo, Alessandro Del Maschio, and Antonio Secchi
Generation
of Islet-Like Hormone-Producing Cells In Vitro From Adult Human Pancreas
Fouad Atouf, Yong Choi, Michael J. Fowler,
Greg Poffenberger, Jan Vobecky, Malancha Ta, George B. Chapman, Alvin C.
Powers, and Nadya L. Lumelsky
AN69 Hollow
Fiber Membrane Will Reduce But Not Abolish the Risk of Transmission of
Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses
Oleg Pakhomov, Lionel Martignat, Jiri Honiger,
Béatrice Clémenceau, Pierre Saï, and Sylviane Darquy
Effective
Islet Isolation Method With Extremely High Islet Yields From Adult Pigs
Yukihide Yonekawa, Shinichi Matsumoto, Teru
Okitsu, Takashi Arata, Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Hirofumi Noguchi, Hideo Nagata,
John J. O'Neil, and Koichi Tanaka
The Effects
of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Fascia Wrap Application
to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tissue Engineering
Zigang Ge, James Cho Hong Goh, and Eng Hin
Lee
Analysis
of Allogeneic and Syngeneic Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Graft Survival in
the Spinal Cord
Sharon A. Swanger, Birgit Neuhuber, B. Timothy
Himes, Ajay Bakshi, and Itzhak Fischer
Purified
Human Bone Marrow Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells Regenerate Infarcted
Myocardium in Experimental Rats
Shaoheng Zhang, Zhuqing Jia, Junbo Ge, Lizhong
Gong, Yanling Ma, Tao Li, Jingxuan Guo, Ping Chen, Qikuan Hu, Ping Zhang,
Yonggang Liu, Zhaoping Li, Kangtao Ma, Linsong Li, and Chunyan Zhou
Protection
of Photoreceptor Cells From Phototoxicity by Transplanted Retinal Pigment
Epithelial Cells Expressing Different Neurotrophic Factors
Toshiaki Abe, Yoko Saigo, Masayoshi Hojo,
Tetsuya Kano, Ryosuke Wakusawa, Yumi Tokita, and Makoto Tamai
Synergistic
Effect of Keratinocyte Transplantation and Epidermal Growth Factor Delivery
on Epidermal Regeneration
So-Jung Gwak, Sang-Soo Kim, Kyungeun Sung,
Joungho Han, Cha Yong Choi, and Byung-Soo Kim
Differentiation
Effects by the Combination of Spheroid Formation and Sodium Butyrate Treatment
in Human Hepatoblastoma Cell Line (Hep G2): A Possible Cell Source for
Hybrid Artificial Liver
J. Fukuda, K. Okamura, K. Ishihara, H. Mizumoto,
K. Nakazawa, H. Ijima, T Kajiwara, and K. Funatsu
The Effect
of Simulated Microgravity by Three-Dimensional Clinostat on Bone Tissue
Engineering
Masataka Nishikawa, Hajime Ohgushi, Noriyuki
Tamai, Koichi Osuga, Masaru Uemura, Hideki Yoshikawa, and Akira Myoui
Influence
of Preservation Solution on the Isolation and Culture of Human Hepatocytes
From Liver Grafts
Alfonso Serralta, Maria Teresa Donato, Amparo
Martinez, Eugenia Pareja, Francisco Orbis, Jose Vincente Castell, Jose
Mir, and Maria Jose Gómez-Lechón
Large-Scale
Isolation of Human Hepatocytes for Therapeutic Application
Krassimira Alexandrova, Carsten Griesel, Marc
Barthold, Hans-Gert Heuft, Michael Ott, Michael Winkler, Harald Schrem,
Michael P. Manns, Timm Bredehorn, Marc Net, Martí Manyalich I Vidal,
Sabine Kafert-Kasting, and Lubomir Arseniev
Commentary
Stem Cells and Development Publishes
Neural Stem Cells Compendium
Paul R. Sanberg and Cathryn R. Greene-Zavertnik
Book Review
A Manual for Primary Human Cell Culture
(Jan-Thorsten Schantz and Kee Woei Ng)
Gary R. Hellermann
Erratum
Effects of Copper and Cross-Linking on the
Extracellular Matrix of Tissue-Engineered Arteries
Shannon L. M. Dahl, Robert B. Rucker, and
Laura E. Niklason
Volume 14 Subject and Author Index
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 9, 2005
Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine: Introduction
Noriaki Tanaka
A Novel Method of Cryopreservation
of Rat and Human Hepatocytes by Using Encapsulation Technique and Possible
Use for Cell Transplantation
Takeshi Aoki, Tomotake Koizumi, Yasuna Kobayashi, Daisuke Yasuda,
Yoshihiko Izumida, Zhenghao Jin, Nobukazu Nishino, Yoshinori Shimizu, Hirohisa
Kato, Noriyuki Murai, Takashi Niiya, Yuta Enami, Keitaro Mitamura, Toshihiro
Yamamoto, and Mitsuo Kusano
Stability and Repeat Regeneration
Potential of the Engineered Liver Tissues Under the Kidney Capsule in Mice
Kazuo Ohashi, Mark A. Kay, Takashi Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Kuge, Hiromichi
Kanehiro, Michiyoshi Hisanaga, Saiho Ko, and Yoshiyuki Nakajima
Long-Term Maintenance of Liver-Specific
Functions in Cultured ES Cell-Derived Hepatocytes With Hyaluronan Sponge
Takumi Teratani, Gary Quinn, Yusuke Yamamoto, Tomoya Sato, Hiroko
Yamanokuchi, Akira Asari, and Takahiro Ochiya
PDX-1 Protein Is Internalized by
Lipid Raft-Dependent Macropinocytosis
Hirofumi Noguchi, Shinichi Matsumoto, Teru Okitsu, Yasuhiro Iwanaga,
Yukihide Yonekawa, Hideo Nagata, Masayuki Matsushita, Fan-Yan Wei, Hideki
Matsui, Kohtaro Minami, Susumu Seino, Yumi Masui, Shiroh Futaki, and Koichi
Tanaka
Differentiation of Adult Hepatic
Stem-Like Cells Into Pancreatic Endocrine Cells
Satoko Yamada, Kunihiko Terada, Yasuharu Ueno, Toshihiro Sugiyama,
Masaharu Seno, and Itaru Kojima
In Vivo PET Measurements With [11C]PE2I
to Evaluate Fetal Mesencephalic Transplantations to Unilateral 6-OHDA-Lesioned
Rats
Motoki Inaji, Takahito Yoshizaki, Takashi Okauchi, Jun Maeda, Yuji
Nagai, Tadashi Nariai, Kikuo Ohno, Kiyoshi Ando, Hideyuki Okano, Shigeru
Obayashi, and Tetsuya Suhara
Promotion of Neurite Outgrowth
From Fetal Hippocampal Cells by TNF-a Receptor
1-Derived Peptide
Kazumi Kajiwara, Shin-ichi Ogata, and Masao Tanihara
In Vitro Screening of Exogenous
Factors for Human Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Proliferation Using Measurement
of Total ATP Content in Viable Cells
Yonehiro Kanemura, Hideki Mori, Atsuyo Nakagawa, Mohammed Omedul
Islam, Eri Kodama, Atsuyo Yamamoto, Tomoko Shofuda, Satoshi Kobayashi,
Jun Miyake, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Shun-ichiro Hirano, Mami Yamasaki, and Hideyuki
Okano
Synergistic Effects of FGF-2 With
Insulin or IGF-I on the Proliferation of Human Auricular Chondrocytes
Tsuguharu Takahashi, Toru Ogasawara, Junji Kishimoto, Guangyao Liu,
Hirotaka Asato, Takashi Nakatsuka, Eijyu Uchinuma, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroshi
Kawaguchi, Ung-il Chung, Tsuyoshi Takato, and Kazuto Hoshi
Time Course Evaluation of Reparative
Cartilage With MR Imaging After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
Atsuya Watanabe, Yuichi Wada, Takayuki Obata, Takahisa Sasho, Takuya
Ueda, Mitsuru Tamura, Hiroo Ikehira, and Hideshige Moriya
Phenotype-Specific Cells With
Proliferative Potential Are Produced by Polyethylene Glycol-Induced Fusion
of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells With Fetal Cardiomyocytes
Shunsuke Takei, Makoto Yamamoto, Li Cui, Fengming Yue, Kohei Johkura,
Naoko Ogiwara, Hisae Iinuma, Kota Okinaga, and Katsunori Sasaki
The Fetal Dermal But Not Loose
Fascial Mesenchymal Cells Possess Regenerative Activity of Dermal Structure
Kazuo Kishi, Kenichi Katsube, Hiroko Satoh, Nobuaki Imanishi, Hideo
Nakajima, and Tatsuo Nakajima
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 8, 2005
Commentary
Cell Transplantation: Stem Cells in the Spotlight
Cesar V. Borlongan, Guolong Yu, Noriyuki Matsukawa, Takao Yasuhara,
Koichi Hara, and Lin Xu
Original Contributions
b1 Integrin
as a Xenoantigen in Fetal Porcine Mesencephalic Cells Transplanted Into
the Rat Brain
Caroline Martin, Benoît Melchior, Véronique Nerrière-Daguin,
Philippe Naveilhan, Jean-Paul Soulillou, and Philippe Brachet
Creatine Supplementation Improves
Dopaminergic Cell Survival and Protects Against MPP+ Toxicity
in an Organotypic Tissue Culture System
Robert H. Andres, Angelique D. Ducray, Alberto Pérez-Bouza,
Uwe Schlattner, Alexander W. Huber, Sandra H. Krebs, Rolf W. Seiler, Theo
Wallimann, and Hans R. Widmer
Survival of Rat or Mouse Ventral
Mesencephalon Neurons After Cotransplantation With Rat Sertoli Cells in
the Mouse Striatum
R. Shamekh, J. Newcomb, J. Mallery, C. J. Cassady, S. Saporta, D.
F. Cameron, P. R. Sanberg, and A. E. Willing
Seeding of Corneal Wounds by Epithelial
Cell Transfer From Micropatterned PDMS Contact Lenses
Christopher J. Pino, Frederick R. Haselton, and Min S. Chang
Selection of Cell Source for Ligament
Tissue Engineering
Zigang Ge, James Cho Hong Goh, and Eng Hin Lee
The Effects of Cryopreservation
on Human Hepatocytes Obtained From Different Sources of Liver Tissue
Claire Terry, Ragai R. Mitry, Sharon C. Lehec, Paolo Muiesan, Mohamed
Rela, Nigel D. Heaton, Robin D. Hughes, and Anil Dhawan
Subcutaneous Transplantation of
Islet Into Streptozocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Craig R. Halberstadt, Deana Williams, Dwaine Emerich, Moses Goddard,
Alfred V. Vasconcellos, William Curry, Aashim Bhatia, and Paul F. Gores
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 7, 2005
Commentary
Stem Cell Plasticity and Tissue Replacement
Juan Domínguez-Bendala and Camillo
Ricordi
Original Contributions
The Use of
Pancreas Biopsy Scoring Provides Reliable Porcine Islet Yields While Encapsulation
Permits the Determination of Microbiological Safety
Lawrence S. Gazda, Hollie Adkins, Johannah
A. Bailie, Wendy Byrd, Lisa Circle, Bryan Conn, Carolyn H. Diehl, Richard
D. Hall, Albert L. Rubin, and Barry H. Smith
Effect of
Oxygenated Perfluorocarbons on Isolated Rat Pancreatic Islets in Culture
Hendrik Bergert, Klaus-Peter Knoch, Ronny
Meisterfeld, Melanie Jäger, Joke Ouwendijk, Stephan Kersting, Hans
Detlev Saeger, and Michele Solimena
Effects of
Cryopreservation on Cell Viability and Insulin Secretion in a Model Tissue-Engineered
Pancreatic Substitute (TEPS)
Neil Mukherjee, Zhenzhen Chen, Athanassios
Sambanis, and Ying Song
Comparative
Analysis of Genetically Engineered Immunodeficient Mouse Strains as Recipients
for Human Myoblast Transplantation
Suse D. Silva-Barbosa, Gillian S. Butler-Browne,
James P. Di Santo, and Vincent Mouly
Human Serum
for Culture of Articular Chondrocytes
Tommi Tallheden, Josefine van der Lee, Camilla
Brantsing, Jan-Eric Månsson, Eva Sjögren-Jansson, and Anders
Lindahl
Age Effects
of Vascular Smooth Muscle: An Engineered Tissue Approach
Amy Solan and Laura Niklason
A Simple
and Highly Effective Method for the Stable Transduction of Uncultured Porcine
Hepatocytes Using Lentiviral Vector
Tuan Huy Nguyen, Tatiana Khakhoulina, Andrew
Simmons, Philippe Morel, and Didier Trono
Functional
Characterization of Serum-Free Cultured Rat Hepatocytes for Downstream
Transplantation Applications
Hendryk Aurich, Sarah Koenig, Christian Schneider,
Jens Walldorf, Petra Krause, Wolfgang E. Fleig, and Bruno Christ
The Escape
of Temperature-Sensitive T Antigen Immortalized Rat Hepatocytes From Conditional
Immortalization
Byung-Ho Kim, Yo Seb Han, Bong-Keun Choe,
Hyeseong Cho, Gi Deog Nam, Jin Woo Lee, Young Il Kim, Jai Kyung Park, Seok
Ho Dong, Hyo Jong Kim, Young Woon Chang, Joung Il Lee, and Rin Chang
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 6, 2005
Neural Development by Transplanted
Human Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein
R. Stewart, M. Lako, G. M. Horrocks, and S. A. Przyborski
Intrathecal Grafting of Porcine
Chromaffin Cells Reduces Formalin-Evoked c-Fos Expression in the Rat Spinal
Cord
J. C. Sol, R. Y. Li, B. Sallerin, S. Jozan, H. Zhou, V. Lauwers-Cances,
F. Tortosa, P. Chaynes, C. Mascott, R. Bastide, and Y. Lazorthes
Effects of Copper and Cross-Linking
on the Extracellular Matrix of Tissue Engineered Arteries
Shannon L. M. Dahl, Robert B. Rucker, and Laura E. Niklason
Hypothermic Maintenance of Hepatocyte
Spheroids
Pamela H. Lai, Qin Meng, Timothy D. Sielaff, and Wei-Shou Hu
The Effect of Antioxidants and
a Caspase Inhibitor on Cryopreserved Rat Hepatocytes
Rie Fujita, Thomas Hui, Marjorie Chelly, and Achilles A. Demetriou
Isolated Hepatocytes Versus Hepatocyte
Spheroids: In Vitro Culture of Rat Hepatocytes
Giovanni Ambrosino, Stefano M. M. Basso, Sergio Varotto, Enrico
Zardi, Antonio Picardi, and Davide F. D'Amico
Peripheral Blood Cytotoxic Lymphocyte
Gene Transcript Levels Differ in Patients With Long-Term Type 1 Diabetes
Compared to Normal Controls
Dongmei Han, Jenifer Leith, Rodolfo Alejandro, Wade Bolton, Camillo
Ricordi, and Norma S. Kenyon
Intrasplenic Transplantation of
Encapsulated Genetically Engineered Mouse Insulinoma Cells Reverses Streptozotocin-Induced
Diabetes in Rats
Takeshi Aoki, Hongxiang Hui, Yutaka Umehara, Sergio LiCalzi, Achilles
A. Demetriou, Jacek Rozga, and Riccardo Perfetti
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 5, 2005
Original Contributions
Delivery
of TAT/PTD-Fused Proteins/Peptides to Islets via Pancreatic Duct
Dagmar Klein, Valeska Mendoza, Antonello Pileggi,
R. Damaris Molano, Florencia M. Barbé-Tuana, Luca Inverardi, Camillo
Ricordi, and Ricardo L. Pastori
Accelerated
Functional Maturation of Isolated Neonatal Porcine Cell Clusters: In Vitro
and In Vivo Results in NOD Mice
Giovanni Luca, Claudio Nastruzzi, Mario Calvitti,
Ennio Becchetti, Tiziano Baroni, Luca M. Neri, Silvano Capitani, Giuseppe
Basta, Paolo Brunetti, and Riccardo Calafiore
Adenovirus-Mediated
CTLA4Ig or CD40Ig Gene Transfer Delays Pancreatic Islet Rejection in a
Rat-to-Mouse Xenotransplantation Model After Systemic But Not Local Expression
Nicolas Potiron, Carine Chagneau, Françoise
Boeffard, Jean-Paul Soulillou, Ignacio Anegon, and Brigitte Le Mauff
Experimental
Models of Acute and Chronic Liver Failure in Nude Mice to Study Hepatocyte
Transplantation
Arnaud Gandillet, Isabelle Vidal, Eliane Alexandre,
Maxime Audet, Marie-Pierre Chenard-Neu, Jeanne Stutzmann, Bruno Heyd, Daniel
Jaeck, and Lysiane Richert
A Large-Scale
Automated Method for Hepatocyte Isolation: Effects on Proliferation in
Culture
M. J. Nieuwoudt, E. Kreft, B. Olivier, S.
Malfeld, J. Vosloo, F. Stegman, R. Kunneke, A. J. Van Wyk, and S. W. Van
der Merwe
Combining
Neuroprotective Treatment of Embryonic Nigral Donor Tissue With Mild Hypothermia
of the Graft Recipient
Jenny Karlsson, Åsa Petersén,
Gunilla Gidö, Tadeusz Wieloch, and Patrik Brundin
Characterization
and Neural Differentiation of Fetal Lung Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Cun Gang Fan, Feng Wu Tang, Qing Jun Zhang,
Shi Hong Lu, Hai Ying Liu, Zong Mao Zhao, Bin Liu, Zhi Bo Han, and Zhong
Chao Han
Survival
Analysis of Escherichia coli Encapsulated in a Hollow Fiber Membrane In
Vitro and In Vivo: Preliminary Report
L. H. Granicka, M. Wdowiak, A. Kosek, S. Swiezewski,
D. Wasilewska, E. Jankowska, A. Werynski, and J. Kawiak
Brief Communication
Adult-Fetal
Fibroblast Interactions: Effects on Cell Migration and Implications for
Cell Transplantation
Vlad C. Sandulache, Joseph E. Dohar, and Patricia
A. Hebda
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4, 2005
ASNTR SPECIAL ISSUE
CONTENTS
Frontiers in Neural Transplantation and Repair:
A Special Issue Based on the 11th ASNTR Meeting
Paula C. Bickford, Guest Editor
Magnetic
Resonance Tracking of Human CD34+ Progenitor Cells Separated
by Means of Immunomagnetic Selection and Transplanted Into Injured Rat
Brain
Pavla Jendelová, Vít Herynek,
Lucia Urdziková, Katerina Glogarová, Šárka Rahmatová,
Ivan Fales, Benita Andersson, Pavel Procházka, Josef Zamecník,
Tomáš Eckschlager, Petr Kobylka, Milan Hájek, and Eva Syková
Neural Stem
Cells Implanted Into MPTP-Treated Monkeys Increase the Size of Endogenous
Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Positive Cells Found in the Striatum: A Return to
Control Measures
Kimberly B. Bjugstad, D. Eugene Redmond, Jr.,
Yang D. Teng, J. D. Elsworth, R. H. Roth, B. C. Blanchard, Evan Y. Snyder,
and John R. Sladek, Jr.
Brain Transplantation
of Neural Stem Cells Cotransduced With Tyrosine Hydroxylase and GTP Cyclohydrolase
1 in Parkinsonian Rats
M. Y. Ryu, M. A. Lee, Y. H. Ahn, K. S. Kim,
S. H. Yoon, E. Y. Snyder, K. G. Cho, and S. U. Kim
NMDA Antagonist
Peptide Supplementation Enhances Pain Alleviation by Adrenal Medullary
Transplants
Farinaz NasiriNezhad and Jacqueline Sagen
Blueberry
Extract Enhances Survival of Intraocular Hippocampal Transplants
Lauren Willis, Paula Bickford, Vandana Zaman,
Alfred Moore, and Ann-Charlotte Granholm
Survival,
Integration, and Axon Growth Support of Glia Transplanted Into the Chronically
Contused Spinal Cord
D. J. Barakat, S. M. Gaglani, S. R. Neravetla,
A. R. Sanchez, C. M. Andrade, Y. Pressman, R. Puzis, M. S. Garg, M. B.
Bunge, and D. D. Pearse
VOLUME 14, NUMBERS 2/3, 2005
Tribute to Paul E. Lacy, MD, PhD (February 7, 1924 to February 15, 2005)
Original Contributions
Evaluation of Metabolic Control
Using a Continuous Subcutaneous Glucose Monitoring System in Patients With
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Who Achieved Insulin Independence After Islet
Cell Transplantation
Milene C. Geiger, Jacqueline V. Ferreira, Muhammad M. Hafiz, Tatiana
Froud, David A. Baidal, Luigi F. Meneghini, Camillo Ricordi, and, Rodolfo
Alejandro
Prolonged Allogeneic Islet Graft
Survival by Protoporphyrins
Antonello Pileggi, R. Damaris Molano, Thierry Berney, Hirohito Ichii,
Sergio San Jose, Elsie Zahr, Raffaella Poggioli, Elina Linetsky, Camillo
Ricordi, and Luca Inverardi
Encapsulation of Islets in Rough
Surface, Hydroxymethylated Polysulfone Capillaries Stimulates VEGF Release
and Promotes Vascularization After Transplantation
N. Lembert, J. Wesche, P. Petersen, M. Doser, P. Zschocke, H. D.
Becker, and H. P. T. Ammon
Human Marrow Stromal Cells Enhance
Connexin43 Gap Junction Intercellular Communication in Cultured Astrocytes
Qi Gao, Mark Katakowski, Xiaoguang Chen, Yi Li, and Michael Chopp
Dopaminergic Reinnervation of the
Globus Pallidus by Fetal Nigral Grafts in the Rodent Model of Parkinson's
Disease
L. E. Bartlett and I. Mendez
Inhibition of Chromatin Condensation
Prevents Transgene Silencing in a Neural Progenitor Cell Line Transplanted
to the Rat Brain
Nina Rosenqvist, Johan Jakobsson, and Cecilia Lundberg
In Vivo Noninvasive Monitoring
of a Tissue Engineered Construct Using 1H NMR Spectroscopy
C. L. Stabler, R. C. Long, Jr., I. Constantinidis, and A. Sambanis
Isolated Hepatocyte Transplantation
for Crigler–Najjar Syndrome Type 1
Giovanni Ambrosino, Sergio Varotto, Stephen C. Strom, Graziella
Guariso, Elisa Franchin, Diego Miotto, Luciana Caenazzo, Stefano Basso,
Paolo Carraro, Maria Luisa Valente, Davide D'Amico, Lucia Zancan, and Lorenzo
D'Antiga
Effect of Microcapsule Composition
and Short-Term Immunosuppression on Intraportal Biocompatibility
Christian Toso, Zoltan Mathe, Philippe Morel, José Oberholzer,
Domenico Bosco, Dianelys Sainz-Vidal, David Hunkeler, Leo H. Buhler, Christine
Wandrey, and Thierry Berney
Letter to the Editor
Islet Ontogeny Determines Glucose Responsiveness
Meenal Banerjee and Ramesh Bhonde
VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1, 2005
REVIEW
Transplantation
of Fetal Kidney Cells: Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration
Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Cesario V. Borlongan, Feng
C. Zhou, Barry J. Hoffer, and Yun Wang
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Feasibility
and Safety of Autologous Myoblast Transplantation in Patients With Ischemic
Cardiomyopathy
Nabil Dib, Patrick McCarthy, Ann Campbell,
Michael Yeager, Francis D. Pagani, Susan Wright, W. Robb MacLellan, Gregg
Fonarow, Howard J. Eisen, Robert E. Michler, Philip Binkley, Diane Buchele,
Ronald Korn, Marwan Ghazoul, Jonathan Dinsmore, Shaun R. Opie, and Edward
Diethrich
Regulation
of Trophic Factor Expression by Innervating Target Regions in Intraocular
Double Transplants
L. Willis, E. M. Quintero, M. Nelson, and
A.-Ch. Granholm
Liver Repopulation
After Hepatocellular Transplantation: Integration and Interaction of Transplanted
Hepatocytes in the Host
Sarah Koenig, Claudia Stoesser, Petra Krause,
Heinz Becker, and Peter M. Markus
Monocrotaline,
an Alternative to Retrorsine-Based Hepatocyte Transplantation in Rodents
Rafal P. Witek, Samantha H. Fisher, and Bryon
E. Petersen
hVEGF165
Increases Survival of Transplanted Hepatocytes Within Portal Radicles:
Suggested Mechanism for Early Cell Engraftment
Hagit Shani-Peretz, Vladislav Tsiperson, Gideon
Shoshani, Ella Veitzman, Gera Neufeld, and Yaacov Baruch
Short-Term
Culture With the Caspase Inhibitor z-VAD.fmk Reduces Beta Cell Apoptosis
in Transplanted Islets and Improves the Metabolic Outcome of the Graft
Marta Montolio, Noèlia Téllez,
Montserrat Biarnés, Joan Soler, and Eduard Montanya
Central Necrosis
in Isolated Hypoxic Human Pancreatic Islets: Evidence for Postisolation
Ischemia
Mauro Giuliani, Wolfgang Moritz, Elvira Bodmer,
Daniel Dindo, Patrick Kugelmeier, Roger Lehmann, Max Gassmann, Peter Groscurth,
and Markus Weber