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VOLUME 17, NUMBER 5, 2008

Brief Communication

A Preliminary Gene Expression Profile of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Matthew P. Buzzeo, Jie Yang, George Casella, and Vijay Reddy

Original Contributions

Prenatal Tolerance Induction: Relationship Between Cell Dose, Marrow T-Cells, Chimerism, and Tolerance
Jeng-Chang Chen, Ming-Ling Chang, Shiu-Feng Huang, Pei-Yeh Chang, Marcus O. Muench, Ren-Huei Fu, Liang-Shiou Ou, and Ming-Ling Kuo

Improved Xenogenic Hepatocyte Implantation Into Nude Mouse Liver Parenchyma With Acute Liver Failure When Followed by Repeated Anti-Fas Antibody (Jo2) Treatment
Isabelle Vidal, Nadège Blanchard, Eliane Alexandre, Arnaud Gandillet, Marie-Pierre Chenard-Neu, Frank Staedtler, Martin Schumacher, Philippe Bachellier, Daniel Jaeck, Huseyin Firat, Bruno Heyd, and Lysiane Richert

Sertoli Cell Line Lacks the Immunoprotective Properties Associated With Primary Sertoli Cells
Jannette M. Dufour, Brinda Dass, Katie R. Halley, Gregory S. Korbutt, Doreen E. Dixon, and Ray V. Rajotte

A Rat Embryo Staging Scale for the Generation of Donor Tissue for Neural Transplantation
E. M. Torres, U. M. Weyrauch, R. Sutcliffe, and S. B. Dunnett

Electrical Stimulation-Induced Release of b-Endorphin From Genetically Modified Neuro-2a Cells
Volker Storn, Michael Kirschbaum, Burkhard Schlosshauer, Andreas F. Mack, and Cornelia Fricke

Comparison of Human Serum With Fetal Bovine Serum for Expansion and Differentiation of Human Synovial MSC: Potential Feasibility for Clinical Applications
K. Tateishi, W. Ando, C. Higuchi, D. A. Hart, J. Hashimoto, K. Nakata, H. Yoshikawa, and N. Nakamura

Riboflavin Inhibits IL-6 Expression and p38 Activation in Islet Cells
Lorenzo Cobianchi, Alessia Fornoni, Antonello Pileggi, R. Damaris Molano, Nahir Y. Sanabria, Jorge Gonzalez-Quintana, Nicola Bocca, Simona Marzorati,
Elsie Zahr, Anthony R. Hogan, Camillo Ricordi, and Luca Inverardi

Improved Glucose Regulation on a Low Carbohydrate Diet in Diabetic Rats Transplanted With Macroencapsulated Porcine Islets
Horatiu V. Vinerean, Lawrence S. Gazda, Richard D. Hall, Albert L. Rubin, and Barry H. Smith

Efficient Delivery of Human Single Fiber-Derived Muscle Precursor Cells Via Biocompatible Scaffold
Luisa Boldrin, Alberto Malerba, Libero Vitiello, Elisa Cimetta, Martina Piccoli, Chiara Messina, Pier Giorgio Gamba, Nicola Elvassore, and Paolo De Coppi

Additional Abstracts for the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 4, 2008

Introduction to the Special ASNTR Issue
Jeffrey H. Kordower, Guest Editor

Review

Neuroinflammation and Peripheral Immune Infiltration in Parkinson's Disease: An Autoimmune Hypothesis
Angela J. Monahan, Michael Warren, and Paul M. Carvey

Original Contributions

Intraputamenal Infusion of Exogenous Neurturin Protein Restores Motor and Dopaminergic Function in the Globus Pallidus of MPTP-Lesioned Rhesus Monkeys
R. Grondin, Z. Zhang, Y. Ai, F. Ding, A. A. Walton, S. P. Surgener, G. A. Gerhardt, and D. M. Gash

GDNF-Secreting Human Neural Progenitor Cells Increase Tyrosine Hydroxylase and VMAT2 Expression in MPTP-Treated Cynomolgus Monkeys
Marina E. Emborg, Allison D. Ebert, Jeff Moirano, Sun Peng, Masatoshi Suzuki, Elizabeth Capowski, Valerie Joers, Ben Z. Roitberg, Patrick Aebischer, and Clive N. Svendsen

Contrasting In Vivo Effects of Two Peptide-Based Amyloid-b Protein Aggregation Inhibitors in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Amyloid Deposition
Qingyou Li, Marcia Gordon, Marcus A. Etienne, Robert P. Hammer, and Dave Morgan

Biocompatibility of PEG-Based Hydrogels in Primate Brain
K. B. Bjugstad, D. E. Redmond, Jr., K. J. Lampe, D. S. Kern, J. R. Sladek, Jr., and M. J. Mahoney

Pharmacological MRI (phMRI) Monitoring of Treatment in Hemiparkinsonian Rhesus Monkeys
Liming Luan, Feng Ding, Yi Ai, Anders Andersen, Peter Hardy, Eric Forman, Greg A. Gerhardt, Don M. Gash, Richard Grondin, and Zhiming Zhang

Embryonic Substantia Nigra Grafts Show Directional Outgrowth to Cografted Striatal Grafts and Potential for Pathway Reconstruction in Nonhuman Primate
J. R. Sladek, Jr., K. B. Bjugstad, T. J. Collier, E. A. Bundock, B. C. Blanchard, J. D. Elsworth, R. H. Roth, and D. E. Redmond, Jr.

Sustained Analgesic Peptide Secretion and Cell Labeling Using a Novel Genetic Modification
Shyam Gajavelli, Daniel A. Castellanos, Orion Furmanski, Paul C. Schiller, and Jacqueline Sagen

Abstracts for the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3, 2008

Commentary

Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine
Katherine Nolan, Yoann Millet, Camillo Ricordi, and Cherie L. Stabler

Original Contributions

Bioengineering Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell-Coated Tubes for Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Tasneem Zahir, Hiroshi Nomura, Xiao Dong Guo, Howard Kim, Charles Tator, Cindi Morshead, and Molly Shoichet

Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Healthy Donors and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients
Ivana Ferrero, Letizia Mazzini, Deborah Rustichelli, Monica Gunetti, Katia Mareschi, Lucia Testa, Nicola Nasuelli, Gaia Donata Oggioni, and Franca Fagioli

Implanted Mouse Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Reconstruct Layered Smooth Muscle Structures in Injured Urinary Bladders
Tetsuya Imamura, Yoshiaki Kinebuchi, Osamu Ishizuka, Satoshi Seki, Yasuhiko Igawa, and Osamu Nishizawa

MR Tracking of Magnetically Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Rat Kidneys With Acute Renal Failure
Jun-Hui Sun, Gao-Jun Teng, Sheng-Hong Ju, Zhan-Long Ma, Xiao-Li Mai, and Ming Ma

Multilineage Potential of Side Population Cells From Human Amnion Mesenchymal Layer
M. Kobayashi, T. Yakuwa, K. Sasaki, K. Sato, A. Kikuchi, I. Kamo, Y. Yokoyama, and N. Sakuragawa

Multipotent Menstrual Blood Stromal Stem Cells: Isolation, Characterization, and Differentiation
Amit N. Patel, Eulsoon Park, Michael Kuzman, Federico Benetti, Francisco J. Silva, and Julie G. Allickson

Murine Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Hepatic Progenitor Cells Engraft in Recipient Livers With Limited Capacity of Liver Tissue Formation
Amar Deep Sharma, Tobias Cantz, Arndt Vogel, Axel Schambach, Dhivya Haridass, Markus Iken, Martina Bleidißel, Michael P. Manns, Hans R. Schöler, and Michael Ott

Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells in Skeletal Muscles of Mice
Chai Tian, Yifan Lu, Rénald Gilbert, and George Karpati

Inhibiting Myostatin With Follistatin Improves the Success of Myoblast Transplantation in Dystrophic Mice
Basma F. Benabdallah, Manaf Bouchentouf, Joel Rousseau, Pascal Bigey, Annick Michaud, Pierre Chapdelaine, Daniel Scherman, and Jacques P. Tremblay

Cultured Melanocytes: From Skin Biopsy to Transplantation
Deepa Ghosh, Sudheer Shenoy, and Pushpa Kuchroo

VOLUME 17, NUMBERS 1/2, 2008

SPECIAL ISSUE: JAPAN SOCIETY OF ORGAN PRESERVATION AND MEDICAL BIOLOGY (JSOPMB)

Introduction
Naoya Kobayashi, Guest Editor-in-Chief

Reviews

Artificial Cells for the Development of Cell Therapy
Naoya Kobayashi

Bioartificial Pancreas for the Treatment of Diabetes
Naoya Kobayashi

Cancer Stem Cell Research: Current Situation and Problems
Naoya Kobayashi, Nalú Navarro-Alvarez, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Hironobu Kawamoto, Yoshitaka Kondo, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Yoshio Naomoto, and Noriaki Tanaka

Original Contributions

Long-Term Culture of Japanese Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Feeder-Free Conditions
Nalú Navarro-Alvarez, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Takesui Yuasa, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Takeshi Nagasaka, Sheng Sun D, Muhammad Shahid Javed, Noriaki Tanaka, and Naoya Kobayashi

Cryopreservation of Mouse Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem/Progenitor Cells
Koichi Oishi, Hirofumi Noguchi, Hiroshi Yukawa, Takamichi Miyazaki, Ryuji Kato, Yasuo Kitagawa, Minoru Ueda, and Shuji Hayashi

Recombinant Sendai Virus-Mediated Gene Transfer to Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells (ASCs)
Hiroshi Yukawa, Hirofumi Noguchi, Koichi Oishi, Takamichi Miyazaki, Yasuo Kitagawa, Makoto Inoue, Mamoru Hasegawa, and Shuji Hayashi

A Newly Developed Immunoisolated Bioartificial Pancreas With Cell Sheet Engineering
Jeong Ik Lee, Ryohei Nishimura, Hideaki Sakai, Nobuo Sasaki, and Takashi Kenmochi

Cryopreservation of Human Pancreatic Islets From Non-Heart-Beating Donors Using Hydroxyethyl Starch and Dimethyl Sulfoxide as Cryoprotectants
Takashi Kenmochi, Takehide Asano, Michihiro Maruyama, Kenichi Saigo, Naotake Akutsu, Chikara Iwashita, Kazunori Ohtsuki, Akiko Suzuki, and Mariko Miyazaki

Ductal Injection of Preservation Solution Increases Islet Yields in Islet Isolation and Improves Islet Graft Function
Hirofumi Noguchi, Michiko Ueda, Shuji Hayashi, Naoya Kobayashi, Teru Okitsu, Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Hideo Nagata, Yusuke Nakai, and Shinichi Matsumoto

Heterotopic Transplant of an Isolated Rat Heart Preserved for 72 h in Perfluorocarbon With CO₂
Yu Yoshida, Naoyuki Hatayama, Hajime Sekino, and Kunihiro Seki

Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Mediate the Internalization of PDX-1 Protein
Michiko Ueda, Shinichi Matsumoto, Shuji Hayashi, Naoya Kobayashi, and Hirofumi Noguchi

ET-Kyoto Solution Plus Dibutyryl Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Is Superior to University of Wisconsin Solution in Rat Liver Preservation
Xiangdong Zhao, Takaaki Koshiba, Takayuki Nakamura, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama, Ying Li, Toru Bando, Hiromi Wada, and Koichi Tanaka

Reestablishment of Microenvironment Is Necessary to Maintain In Vitro and In Vivo Human Islet Function
Nalú Navarro-Alvarez, Jorge David Rivas-Carrillo, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Takeshi Yuasa, Teru Okitsu, Hirofumi Noguchi, Shinichi Matsumoto, Jiro Takei, Noriaki Tanaka, and Naoya Kobayashi

Secretory Unit of Islet in Transplantation (SUIT) and Engrafted Islet Rate (EIR) Indexes Are Useful for Evaluating Single Islet Transplantation
Hirofumi Noguchi, Yuichiro Yamada, Teru Okitsu, Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Hideo Nagata, Naoya Kobayashi, Shuji Hayashi, and Shinichi Matsumoto

Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Predictor of Organ Recovery From Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation From Donors After Cardiac Death
Mamoru Kusaka, Yoko Kuroyanagi, Terumi Mori, Kayuri Nagaoka, Hitomi Sasaki, Takahiro Maruyama, Kunihiro Hayakawa, Ryoichi Shiroki, Hiroki Kurahashi, and Kiyotaka Hoshinaga

Carbamylated Erythropoietin Improves Angiogenesis and Protects the Kidneys From Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Ryoichi Imamura, Masayoshi Okumi, Yoshitaka Isaka, Naotsugu Ichimaru, Toshiki Moriyama, Enyu Imai, Norio Nonomura, Shiro Takahara, and Akihiko Okuyama

Amelioration of Cisplatin-Induced Acute Renal Injury by Renal Progenitor-Like Cells Derived From the Adult Rat Kidney
Masaru Kinomura, Shinji Kitamura, Katsuyuki Tanabe, Kunihiro Ichinose, Kumiko Hirokoshi, Yuki Takazawa, Hiroyuki Kitayama, Tatsuyo Nasu, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Yasushi Yamasaki, Takeshi Sugaya, Yohei Maeshima, and Hirofumi Makino

Glycocalyx Damage Estimated Using Colloidal Iron Staining
Daoxin Zhang, Yoshitaka Isaka, Ryoichi Imamura, Naotsugu Ichimaru, Yi Shi, Enyu Imai, Ye Tian, Aiji Ohtsuka, and Shiro Takahara

Immortalized Hepatocytes Using Human Artificial Chromosome
Masahiro Ito, Ryoutaro Ito, Daisuke Yoshihara, Masashi Ikeno, Megumi Kamiya, Nobutaka Suzuki, Akihiko Horiguchi, Hideo Nagata, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Naoya Kobayashi, Ira J. Fox, Tsuneko Okazaki, and Syuichi Miyakama

The Significance of Preserving the Energy Status and Microcirculation in Liver Grafts From Non-Heart-Beating Donor
Shigehito Miyagi, Takeru Iwane, Yorihiro Akamatsu, Atsushi Nakamura, Akira Sato, and Susumu Satomi

Cloning and Characterization of Liver Progenitor Cells From the Scattered Cell Clusters in Primary Culture of Porcine Livers
Takayoshi Tokiwa, Taisuke Yamazaki, Masashi Ono, Shin Enosawa, and Takashi Tsukiyama

Laparoscopy-Assisted Creation of a Liver Failure Model in Pigs
Takeshi Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Jorge D. Rivas-Carrillo, Yong Chen, Nalú Navarro-Alvarez, Alejandro Soto-Guiterrez, Hirofumi Noguchi, Shinichi Matsumoto, Noriaki Tanaka, and Naoya Kobayashi

Immunological Tolerance-Related Genes in a Spontaneous Tolerant Model of Rat Liver Transplantation Explored by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization
HuiQi Zhang, Kazuhiro Ohmi, Akira Hirasawa, Shin Enosawa, Yoshiaki Hara, Akihiko Tamura, and Gozoh Tsujimoto

Green Tea Polyphenols Affect Skin Preservation in Rats and Improve the Rate of Skin Grafts
Takeshi Kawazoe, HakHee Kim, Yasumi Tsuji, Naoki Morimoto, Suong-Hyu Hyon, and Shigehiko Suzuki

The Local Injection of Peritoneal Macrophages Induces Neovascularization in Rat Ischemic Hind Limb Muscles
Nobuyuki Hirose, Hironori Maeda, Morio Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Gang-Hong Lee, Liyan Chen, Geethalakshmi Radhakrishnan, Parijatha Rao, and Shiro Sasaguri

Bcl-2 Protects Tubular Epithelial Cells From Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Apoptosis
Chigure Suzuki, Yoshitaka Isaka, Shigeomi Shimizu, Yoshihide Tsujimoto, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Takahito Ito, Shiro Takahara, and Enyu Imai

Promotion of Hydroxyapatite-Associated, Stem Cell-Based Bone Regeneration by CCN2
Mitsuaki Ono, Satoshi Kubota, Takuo Fujisawa, Wataru Sonoyama, Harumi Kawaki, Kentaro Akiyama, Kengo Shimono, Masamitsu Oshima, Takashi Nishida, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kazuomi Suzuki, Masaharu Takigawa, and Takuo Kuboki

Cell Transplant Society Announcement