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CELL TRANSPLANTATION
The Regenerative Medicine Journal
TABLES OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 16, 2007
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 10, 2007
Review
The TIM
Family of Cosignaling Receptors: Emerging Targets for the Regulation of
Autoimmune Disease and Transplantation Tolerance
Wayne Truong and A. M. James Shapiro
Original Contributions
Transplants
of Encapsulated Rat Choroid Plexus Cells Exert Neuroprotection in a Rodent
Model of Huntington's Disease
Cesario V. Borlongan, Christopher G. Thanos,
Steven J. M. Skinner, Marilyn Geaney, and Dwaine F. Emerich
Intravenously
Administered Bone Marrow Cells Migrate to Damaged Brain Tissue and Improve
Neural Function in Ischemic Rats
Jiang Wu, Zhuo Sun, Hong-Shuo Sun, Jun Wu,
Richard D. Weisel, Armand Keating, Zhi-Hong Li, Zhong-Ping Feng, and Ren-Ke
Li
In Vivo
Tracking of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Experimental Stroke
Daehong Kim, Byoung-gi Chun, Yeon-Kyung Kim,
Yong Hyun Lee, Cheong-Soo Park, Iksoo Jeon, Chaejoon Cheong, Tae-Sun Hwang,
Hyungmin Chung, Byoung Joo Gwag, Kwan Soo Hong, and Jihwan Song
Recombinant
AAV Viral Vectors Serotype 1, 2, and 5 Mediate Differential Gene Transfer
Efficiency in Rat Striatal Fetal Grafts
Alphonse Lubansu, Laurence Abeloos, Olivier
Bockstael, Enni Lehtonen, David Blum, Jacques Brotchi, Marc Levivier, and
Liliane Tenenbaum
Serum-Free
Medium Provides a Clinically Relevant Method to Increase Olfactory Ensheathing
Cell Numbers in Olfactory Mucosa Cell Culture
Daisuke Ito, Naoki Fujita, Chrystelle Ibanez,
Nobuo Sasaki, Robin J. M. Franklin, and Nick D. Jeffery
Comparison
of Successful and Unsuccessful Islet/Sertoli Cell Cotransplant Grafts in
Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice
Jannette M. Dufour, Sarah J. Lord, Tatsuya
Kin, Gina R. Rayat, Doreen E. Dixon, R. Chris Bleackley, Gregory S. Korbutt,
and Ray V. Rajotte
Automated,
High-Throughput Assays for Evaluation of Human Pancreatic Islet Function
Over Cabrera, M. Caroline Jacques-Silva, Dora
M. Berman, Alberto Fachado, Felipe Echeverri, Ramon Poo, Aisha Khan, Norma
S. Kenyon, Camillo Ricordi, Per-Olof Berggren, and Alejandro Caicedo
Multifunctional
Pancreatic Islet Encapsulation Barriers Achieved Via Multilayer PEG Hydrogels
Laney M. Weber, Charles Y. Cheung, and Kristi
S. Anseth
Concentration
of Bone Marrow Total Nucleated Cells by a Point-of-Care Device Provides
a High Yield and Preserves Their Functional Activity
Patrick C. Hermann, Stephan L. Huber, Tanja
Herrler, Christoph von Hesler, Joachim Andrassy, Sherwin V. Kevy, May S.
Jacobson, and Christopher Heeschen
Article Retraction
Volume 16 Subject and Author Index
SPECIAL ISSUE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CELL THERAPY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, NEW YORK, NY
Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy From Bench to Bedside
Amit N. Patel and Warren Sherman, Guest Editors
SDF-1 Recruits
Cardiac Stem Cell-Like Cells That Depolarize In Vivo
Samuel Unzek, Ming Zhang, Niladri Mal, William
R. Mills, Kenneth R. Laurita, and Marc S. Penn
Acute Myocardial
Infarction in Swine Rapidly and Selectively Releases Highly Proliferative
Endothelial Colony Forming Cells (ECFCs) Into Circulation
Lan Huang, Dongming Hou, Meredith A. Thompson,
Sarah E. Baysden, W. Christopher Shelley, David A. Ingram, Keith L. March,
and Mervin C. Yoder
Improved
Cell Survival in Infarcted Myocardium Using a Novel Combination Transmyocardial
Laser and Cell Delivery System
Amit N. Patel, Cristiano Spadaccio, Michael
Kuzman, Eulsoon Park, David W. Fischer, Steven L. Stice, Chandra Mullangi,
and Catalin Toma
Human Cord
Blood Cells and Myocardial Infarction: Effect of Dose and Route of Administration
on Infarct Size
Robert J. Henning, Jose D. Burgos, Mark Vasko,
Felipe Alvarado, Cyndy D. Sanberg, Paul R. Sanberg, and Michael B. Morgan
Time-Dependent
Effects on Coronary Remodeling and Epicardial Conductance After Intracoronary
Injection of Enriched Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Patients
With Previous Myocardial Infarction
Marc Vanderheyden, Steven Vercauteren, Samer
Mansour, Leen Delrue, Bart Vandekerckhove, Guy R. Heyndrickx, Inge Van
Haute, Bernard De Bruyne, Frank Timmermans, William Wijns, and Jozef Bartunek
Myocardial
Assistance by Grafting a New Bioartificial Upgraded Myocardium (MAGNUM
Clinical Trial): One Year Follow-Up
Juan C. Chachques, Jorge C. Trainini, Noemi
Lago, Osvaldo H. Masoli, Jose L. Barisani, Miguel Cortes-Morichetti, Olivier
Schussler, and Alain Carpentier
Safety of
Intramyocardial Stem Cell Therapy for the Ischemic Myocardium: Results
of the Rostock Trial After 5-Year Follow-Up
Can Yerebakan, Alexander Kaminski, Andreas
Liebold, and Gustav Steinhoff
Intramyocardial
Delivery of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells and Mechanical Assist Device
Implantation in Patients With End-Stage Cardiomyopathy
Boris A. Nasseri, Marian Kukucka, Michael
Dandel, Christoph Knosalla, Evgenij Potapov, Hans B. Lehmkuhl, Rudolph
Meyer, Wolfram Ebell, Christof Stamm, and Roland Hetzer
Reviews
Cardiac Cell-Based
Therapy: Cell Types and Mechanisms of Actions
Geraldo A. Ramos and Joshua M. Hare
Adipose-Derived
Cells
Emanuele Meliga, Brian M. Strem, H. J. Duckers,
and Patrick W. Serruys
Myocyte
Replacement Therapy: Skeletal Myoblasts
Warren Sherman
Original Contributions
The Effects
of Cell Density and Device Arrangement on the Behavior of Macroencapsulated
b-Cells
Kristen E. La Flamme, Thomas J. LaTempa, Craig
A. Grimes, and Tejal A. Desai
Expression
of Transforming Growth Factor-b by Human Islets:
Impact on Islet Viability and Function
Omaima M. Sabek, Daniel W. Fraga, James Henry,
Lillian W. Gaber, Malak Kotb, and A. Osama Gaber
Combination
of Anti-CD4 With Anti-LFA-1 and Anti-CD154 Monoclonal Antibodies Promotes
Long-Term Survival and Function of Neonatal Porcine Islet Xenografts in
Spontaneously Diabetic NOD Mice
Hossein Arefanian, Eric B. Tredget, Ray V.
Rajotte, Gregory S. Korbutt, Ron G. Gill, and Gina R. Rayat
Neural Progenitor
Cells Derived From the Adult Rat Subventricular Zone: Characterization
and Transplantation
Kevin Chen, Stephanie M. Hughes, and Bronwen
Connor
Nerve Regeneration
Promoted in a Tube With Vascularity Containing Bone Marrow-Derived Cells
Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Ryosuke Kakinoki, Ryosuke Ikeguchi, Ken Nakayama,
Yoshihide Morimoto, and Takashi Nakamura
Comparison
of Chondral Defects Repair With In Vitro and In Vivo Differentiated Mesenchymal
Stem Cells
Hongbin Fan, Haifeng Liu, Rui Zhu, Xusheng
Li, Yuming Cui, Yunyu Hu, and Yongnian Yan
Subcultured
Odontogenic Epithelial Cells in Combination With Dental Mesenchymal Cells
Produce Enamel-Dentin-Like Complex Structures
M. J. Honda, Y. Shinohara, K. I. Hata, and
M. Ueda
Efficient
Intracytoplasmic Labeling of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stromal
Cells With Ferumoxides
Jae Kwon Lee, Man Kyoung Lee, Hye Jin Jin,
Dal-Soo Kim, Yoon Sun Yang, Wonil Oh, Sung-Eun Yang, Tae Seok Park, Soo
Yeol Lee, Bum-Soo Kim, and Sin-Soo Jeun
Isolation
of Mouse Hepatocytes for Transplantation: A Comparison Between Antegrade
and Retrograde Liver Perfusion
Zhaohui Yin, Ewa C. S. Ellis, and Greg Nowak
Commentary
Stem Cell
Research in Cell Transplantation: An Analysis of Geopolitical Influence
by Publications
David J. Eve and Paul R. Sanberg
Original Contributions
Consistency
and Safety of Cell Banks for Research and Clinical Use: Preliminary Analysis
of Fetal Skin Banks
Aurelie Quintin, Nathalie Hirt-Burri, Corinne
Scaletta, Constantin Schizas, Dominique P. Pioletti, and Lee Ann Applegate
Good Manufacturing
Practice-Compliant Expansion of Marrow-Derived Stem and Progenitor Cells
for Cell Therapy
Martin H. Gastens, Kristin Goltry, Wolfgang
Prohaska, Diethelm Tschöpe, Bernd Stratmann, Dirk Lammers, Stanley
Kirana, Christian Götting, and Knut Kleesiek
Aging Reduces
the Neuroprotective Capacity, VEGF Secretion, and Metabolic Activity of
Rat Choroid Plexus Epithelial Cells
Dwaine F. Emerich, Patricia Schneider, Briannan
Bintz, Jebecka Hudak, and Christopher G. Thanos
Effect of
Pretransplant Preconditioning by Whole Body Hyperthermia on Islet Graft
Survival
H. Brandhorst, M. Olbrich, A. Neumann, H.
Jahr, and D. Brandhorst
Adult-Derived
Human Liver Mesenchymal-Like Cells as a Potential Progenitor Reservoir
of Hepatocytes?
Mustapha Najimi, Dung Ngoc Khuu, Philippe
Antoine Lysy, Nawal Jazouli, Jorge Abarca, Christine Sempoux, and Etienne
Marc Sokal
Novel Cell
Seeding System Into a Porous Scaffold Using a Modified Low-Pressure Method
to Enhance Cell Seeding Efficiency and Bone Formation
Ichiro Torigoe, Shinichi Sotome, Akio Tsuchiya,
Toshitaka Yoshii, Makoto Takahashi, Shigenori Kawabata, and Kenichi Shinomiya
Improvement
of Urethral Sphincter Deficiency in Female Rats Following Autologous Skeletal
Muscle Myoblasts Grafting
Christophe Praud, Philippe Sebe, Anne-Sophie
Biérinx, and Alain Sebille
Commentary
Regenerative Medicine: An Analysis of Cell
Transplantation's Impact
David J. Eve and Paul R. Sanberg
Original Contributions
Autologous Transplantation of Muscle-Derived
CD133+ Stem Cells in Duchenne Muscle Patients
Y. Torrente, M. Belicchi, C. Marchesi, G. D’Antona, F. Cogiamanian,
F. Pisati, M. Gavina, R. Giordano, R. Tonlorenzi, G. Fagiolari, C. Lamperti,
L. Porretti, R. Lopa, M. Sampaolesi, L. Vicentini, N. Grimoldi, F. Tiberio,
V. Songa, P. Baratta, A. Prelle, L. Forzenigo, M. Guglieri, O. Pansarasa,
C. Rinaldi, V. Mouly, G. S. Butler-Browne, G. P. Comi, P. Biondetti, M.
Moggio, S. M. Gaini, N. Stocchetti, A. Priori, M. G. D’Angelo, A. Turconi,
R. Bottinelli, G. Cossu, P. Rebulla, and N. Bresolin
Ex Vivo Expansion and Transplantation
of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells Supported by Mesenchymal Stem Cells
From Human Umbilical Cord Blood
Guo-Ping Huang, Zhi-Jun Pan, Bing-Bing Jia, Qiang Zheng, Chun-Gang
Xie, Jiang-Hong Gu, Ian K. McNiece, and Jin-Fu Wang
A Closed System for Islet Isolation
and Purification Using the COBE2991 Cell Processor May Reduce the Need
of Clean Room Facilities
R. A. Klaffschenkel, A. Biesemeier, M. Waidmann, H. Northoff, W.
Steurer, A. Ko nigsrainer, and N. Lembert
Toward Maximizing the Success Rates
of Human Islet Isolation: Influence of Donor and Isolation Factors
Gaston M. Ponte, Antonello Pileggi, Shari Messinger, Angel Alejandro,
Hirohito Ichii, David A. Baidal, Aisha Khan, Camillo Ricordi, John A. Goss,
and Rodolfo Alejandro
Encapsulation of Porcine Islets
Permits Extended Culture Time and Insulin Independence in Spontaneously
Diabetic BB Rats
Lawrence S. Gazda, Horatiu V. Vinerean, Melissa A. Laramore, Carolyn
H. Diehl, Richard D. Hall, Albert L. Rubin, and Barry H. Smith
Distribution of Intraportally Implanted
Microspheres and Fluorescent Islets in Mice
Erik von Seth, Daniel Nyqvist, Arne Andersson, Per-Ola Carlsson,
Martin Ko hler, Go¨ran Mattsson, Astrid Nordin, Per-Olof Berggren,
and Leif Jansson
Hepatocyte Transplantation for
Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ib
Kwang-Woong Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, Sung Wook Shin, Sung Joo Kim, Jae
Won Joh, Doo-Hoon Lee, Jong-Won Kim, Hwa-Young Park, Soo-Youn Lee, Hwan
Hyo Lee, Jin Wan Park, Shi-Yeon Kim, Hee-Hoon Yoon, Doo-Hee Jung, Yon Ho
Choe, and Suk-Koo Lee
Cryopreservation-Induced Nonattachment
of Human Hepatocytes: Role of Adhesion Molecules
Claire Terry, Robin D. Hughes, Ragai R. Mitry, Sharon C. Lehec,
and Anil Dhawan
Culture of Keratinocytes for Transplantation
Without the Need of Feeder Layer Cells
Neeltje A. Coolen, Michelle Verkerk, Linda Reijnen, Marcel Vlig,
Antoon J. van den Bogaerdt, Melanie Breetveld, Susan Gibbs, Esther Middelkoop,
and Magda M. W. Ulrich
Inhibition of Apoptosis by Expression
of Antiapoptotic Proteins in Recombinant Human Keratinocytes
Claudia Y. U. Choi, Kerstin Reimers, Christina Allmeling, Susanne
Kall, Yeong-Hoon Choi, and Peter M. Vogt
Original Contributions
Nitric Oxide-Containing
Neurons in Long-Term Grafts in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease
B. Rajakumar, B. A. Flumerfelt, A. W. Hrycyshyn,
and N. Rajakumar
The Effect
of Truncated Human a-Synuclein (1-20) on Dopaminergic
Cells in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
A. W. Michell, G. K. Tofaris, H. Gossage,
P. Tyers, M. G. Spillantini, and R. A. Barker
Combined
Treatment of Neurotrophin-3 Gene and Neural Stem Cells Is Propitious to
Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
Luyi Zhang, Shuting Gu, Cuiping Zhao, and
Tieqiao Wen
An Immortalized
Rat Ventral Mesencephalic Cell Line, RTC4, Is Protective in a Rodent Model
of Stroke
B. K. Harvey, G. J. Chen, C. J. Schoen, C.
T. Lee, D. B. Howard, O. Dillon-Carter, M. Coggiano, W. J. Freed, Y. Wang,
B. J. Hoffer, and J. F. Sanchez
Chondroitinase
ABC Treatment Enhances Synaptogenesis Between Transplant and Host Neurons
in Model of Retinal Degeneration
Takuya Suzuki, Masayuki Akimoto, Hiroo Imai,
Yoshiki Ueda, Michiko Mandai, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Anand Swaroop, and Masayo
Takahashi
Time Course
and Quantification of Pancreatic Islet Revascularization Following Intraportal
Transplantation
Gareth L. Jones, Maciej T. Juszczak, Stephen
J. Hughes, Paul Kooner, Stephen H. Powis, and Martin Press
Role of Blood
Glucose in Cytokine Gene Expression in Early Syngeneic Islet Transplantation
Marta Montolio, Noèlia Téllez,
Joan Soler, and Eduard Montanya
Cell Loss
During Pseudoislet Formation Hampers Profound Improvements in Islet Lentiviral
Transduction Efficacy for Transplantation Purposes
H. Callewaert, C. Gysemans, A. K. Cardozo,
M. Elsner, M. Tiedge, D. L. Eizirik, and C. Mathieu
Improved
Quality and In Vivo Function of Islets Isolated by Reduced Pressure-Controlled
Injection of Collagenase in a Rat Model
Shiri Li, Tetsuya Sakai, Yasuyuki Suzuki,
Tadahiro Goto, Tomohiro Tanaka, Takuro Yoshikawa, Keitaro Kakinoki, Yasuki
Tanioka, Ippei Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Fujino, and Yoshikazu Kuroda
Intrasplenic
Hepatocyte Transplantation Prolonged the Survival in Nagase Analbuminemic
Rats With Liver Failure Induced by Common Bile Duct Ligation
Masahiro Ito, Hideo Nagata, Toshiyuki Yamamoto,
Daisuke Yoshihara, Ira J. Fox, and Shuichi Miyakawa
Comparison
of Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Different Tissues to Suppress T-Cell Activation
Kirsten A. Keyser, Karen E. Beagles, and Hans-Peter
Kiem
Review
Stem Cell-Based
Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Byung Gon Kim, Dong Hoon Hwang, Seung Im Lee,
Eun Jeong Kim, and Seung U. Kim
Original Contributions
Comparison
of Cell Therapy and Cytokine Therapy for Functional Repair in Ischemic
and Nonischemic Heart Failure
Tao-Sheng Li, Akihito Mikamo, Masaya Takahashi,
Ryo Suzuki, Kazuhiro Ueda, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Masunori Matsuzaki, and Kimikazu
Hamano
Acute Rejection
of White Adipose Tissue Allograft
Vitaly Ablamunits, Alan J. Goldstein, Marina
H. Tovbina, Harold P. Gaetz, and Simon Klebanov
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin
D3 Increases the Transplantation Success of Human Muscle Precursor
Cells in SCID Mice
Lionel Stephan, Manaf Bouchentouf, Philippe
Mills, Jean-François Lafreniere, and Jacques P. Tremblay
Cell Viability
and Noninvasive In Vivo MRI Tracking of 3D Cell Encapsulating Self-Assembled
Microcontainers
Barjor Gimi, Dmitri Artemov, Timothy Leong,
David H. Gracias, Wesley Gilson, Matthias Stuber, and Zaver M. Bhujwalla
Cryopreservation
of Human Hepatocytes Alters the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex
1
Xavier Stéphenne, Mustapha Najimi,
Dung Khuu Ngoc, Françoise Smets, Louis Hue, Bruno Guigas, and Etienne
M. Sokal
Engineered
Adipose Tissue Formation Enhanced by Basis Fibroblast Growth Factor and
a Mechanically Stable Environment
Seung-Woo Cho, Kang Won Song, Jong Won Rhie,
Moon Hyang Park, Cha Yong Choi, and Byung-Soo Kim
Brief Communication
In Vitro
Exposure of Cultured Porcine Choroid Plexus Epithelial Cells to Immunosuppressant,
Anti-Inflammatory, and Psychoactive Drugs
Dwaine F. Emerich, Patricia Schneider, Briannan
Bintz, Jebecka Hudak, and Christopher G. Thanos
Case Study
Long-Term
Graft Function After Allogeneic Islet Transplantation
Jonathan R. T. Lakey, Tatsuya Kin, Garth L.
Warnock, A. M. James Shapiro, Panagiotis Tsapogas, Sharleen Imes, Gregory
S. Korbutt, Norman M. Kneteman, Ray V. Rajotte, and Edmond A. Ryan
Book Review
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Protocols (Kursad
Turksen, editor)
Juan Sanchez-Ramos
ASNTR SPECIAL ISSUE
CONTENTS
Challenges in Neurorestoration: A Special Issue
for the 14th Annual American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR)
Meeting
Marina E. Emborg, Guest Editor
Original Contributions
Heparan Sulfate
Mediates Neuroprotection From Degeneration in Experimental Glutaric Aciduria
Michelle C. Naylor, Mesfin Negia, Meredith
Noetzel, Terry C. Burns, Zach L. Demorest, and Walter C. Low
Galantamine
Effects on Memory, Spatial Cue Utilization, and Neurotrophic Factors in
Aged Female Rats
K. L. French, H. A. Bimonte-Nelson, and A.-Ch.
Granholm
Schwann Cell
Transplantation Improved Reticulospinal Axon Growth and Forelimb Strength
After Severe Cervical Spinal Cord Contusion
S. M. Schaal, B. M. Kitay, K. S. Cho, T. P.
Lo, Jr., D. J. Barakat, A. E. Marcillo, A. R. Sanchez, C. M. Andrade, and
D. D. Pearse
Differential
Loss of Presynaptic Dopaminergic Markers in Parkinsonian Monkeys
Diane T. Stephenson, Mary Abigail Childs,
Qiu Li, Santos Carvajal-Gonzalez, Alan Opsahl, Mark Tengowski, Martin D.
Meglasson, Kalpana Merchant, and Marina E. Emborg
Reviews
The Pivotal
Role of RhoA GTPase in the Molecular Signaling of Axon Growth Inhibition
After CNS Injury and Targeted Therapeutic Strategies
Robert E. Gross, Qi Mei, Claire-Anne Gutekunst,
and Enrique Torre
Plasticity
of the Central Nervous System and Formation of "Auxiliary Niches" After
Stem Cell Grafting: An Essay
Véclav Ourednik and Jitka Ourednik
The Role
of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Ischemic Cerebral and Heart Diseases
Dah-Ching Ding, Woei-Cherng Shyu, Shinn-Zong
Lin, and Hung Li
Blood-Brain
Barrier Pathology in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease: Implications
for Drug Therapy
Brinda S. Desai, Angela J. Monahan, Paul M.
Carvey, and Bill Hendey
Huntington's
Disease: Pathological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies
Shilpa Ramaswamy, Kathleen M. Shannon, and
Jeffrey H. Kordower
Abstracts for the 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair
SPECIAL ISSUE: 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEURAL TRANSPLANTATION AND REPAIR (INTR-9)
CONTENTS
9th International Conference on Neural Transplantation
and Repair
Shinn-Zong Lin, Guest Editor
Making Stem
Cell Lines Suitable for Transplantation
Helen Hodges, Kenneth Pollock, Paul Stroemer,
Sara Patel, Lara Stevanato, Iris Reuter, and John Sinden
Derivation
of Functional Dopamine Neurons From Embryonic Stem Cells
Dae-Sung Kim, Ji Young Kim, Minkyung Kang,
Myung Soo Cho, and Dong-Wook Kim
Intracerebral
Transplantation of Genetically Engineered Cells for Parkinson's Disease:
Toward Clinical Application
Takao Yasuhara and Isao Date
Neural Stem
Cells, Neural Progenitors, and Neurotrophic Factors
Yi-Chao Hsu, Don-Ching Lee, and Ing-Ming Chiu
Umbilical
Cord Blood Research: Current and Future Perspectives
Jennifer D. Newcomb, Paul R. Sanberg, Stephen
K. Klasko, and Alison E. Willing
Transplantation
of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells: A Promising Therapy for Stroke
Yamei Tang, Takao Yasuhara, Koichi Hara, Noriyuki
Matsukawa, Mina Maki, Guolong Yu, Lin Xu, David C. Hess, and Cesario V.
Borlongan
Regenerative
Therapy for Stroke
Ying-Chao Chang, Woei-Cherng Shyu, Shinn-Zong
Lin, and Hung Li
Erratum
Review
Factors Influencing
the Loss of b-Cell Mass in Islet Transplantation
Juliet A. Emamaullee and A. M. James Shapiro
Original Contributions
Detection
of Microbial Contamination During Human Islet Isolation
Tatsuya Kin, Shawn Rosichuk, A. M. James Shapiro,
and Jonathan R. T. Lakey
Transient
Beneficial Effects of Exendin-4 Treatment on the Function of Microencapsulated
Mouse Pancreatic Islets
Sara Bohman, Ida Waern, Arne Andersson, and
Aileen King
Resolution
of Severe Atopic Dermatitis After Tacrolimus Withdrawal
Gaston M. Ponte, David A. Baidal, Paolo Romanelli,
Raquel N. Faradji, Raffaella Poggioli, Pablo Cure, Tatiana Froud, Gennaro
Selvaggi, Antonello Pileggi, Camillo Ricordi, and Rodolfo Alejandro
Transplantation
of Cultured Adult Porcine Full-Thickness Retina
Karl Engelsberg and Fredrik Ghosh
Induction
of Neurotrophin Expression Via Human Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Implication
for Cell Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Federica Pisati, Patrizia Bossolasco, Mirella
Meregalli, Lidia Cova, Marzia Belicchi, Manuela Gavina, Chiara Marchesi,
Cinzia Calzarossa, Davide Soligo, Giorgio Lambertenghi-Deliliers, Nereo
Bresolin, Vincenzo Silani, Yvan Torrente, and Elio Polli
Plasma as
a Scaffold for Regeneration of Neural Precursor Cells After Transplantation
Into Rats With Spinal Cord Injury
Mitsuko Takenaga, Yuki Ohta, Yukie Tokura,
Akemi Hamaguchi, Noboru Suzuki, Masaya Nakamura, Hideyuki Okano, and Rie
Igarashi
Long-Term
Maintenance of the Drug Transport Activity in Cyropreservation of Microencapsulated
Rat Hepatocytes
Tomotake Koizumi, Takeshi Aoki, Yasuna Kobayashi,
Daisuke Yasuda, Yoshihiko Izumida, Zhenghao Jin, Nobukazu Nishino, Yoshinori
Shimizu, Hirohisa Kato, Noriyuki Murai, Takashi Niiya, Yuta Enami, Keitaro
Mitamura, Toshinori Yamamoto, and Mitsuo Kusano
Tea Polyphenol
Inhibits Allostimulation in Mixed Lymphocyte Culture
Jong-yoon Kim, Tatsuo Kina, Yasuhiro Iwanaga,
Hirofumi Noguchi, Kazuaki Matsumura, and Suong-hyu Hyon
Functional
and Phenotypic Alteration of Intrasplenic Lymphocytes Affected by Mesenchymal
Stem Cells in a Murine Allosplenocyte Transfusion Model
Hong Li, Zi-Kuan Guo, Xiu-Sen Li, Chun-Mei
Hou, Pei-Hsien Tang, and Ning Mao
Erratum