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CELL TRANSPLANTATION
The Regenerative Medicine Journal
TABLES OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 18, 2009
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 12
Review
Current Status of Stem Cell Therapy
for Liver Diseases
Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza, Renata Campos Nogueira, Sheilla Andrade
de Oliveira, Luiz Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas, Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra,
Ricardo Ribeiro dos Santos, Andre Castro Lyra, and Milena Botelho Pereira
Soares
Original Contributions
E-Cadherin Protects Primary Hepatocyte
Spheroids From Cell Death by a Caspase-Independent Mechanism
Jennifer L. Luebke-Wheeler, Geir Nedredal, Le Yee, Bruce P. Amiot,
and Scott L. Nyberg
Functional Impact of Targeted
Closed-Chest Transplantation of Bone Marrow Cells in Rats With Acute Myocardial
Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Alexander Ghanem, Agnieszka Ziomka, Benjamin Krausgrill, Kerstin
Schenk, Clemens Troatz, Tomas Miszalski-Jamka, Georg Nickenig, Klaus Tiemann,
and Jochen Müller-Ehmsen
Refractory Angina Cell Therapy
(ReACT) Involving Autologous Bone Marrow Cells in Patients Without Left
Ventricular Dysfunction: A Possible Role for Monocytes
Nelson Americo Hossne, Jr., Adriana Luckow Invitti, Enio Buffolo,
Silvia Azevedo, José Salvador Rodrigues de Oliveira, Noedir Groppo
Stolf, L. Eduardo Cruz, and Paul R. Sanberg
Increased Apelin Following Bone
Marrow Mononuclear Cell Transplantation Contributes to the Improvement
of Cardiac Function in Patients With Severe Heart Failure
Lian Ru Gao, Ru Yi Xu, Ning Kun Zhang, Yu Chen, Zhi Guo Wang, Zhi
Ming Zhu, Yu Xing Fei, Yi Cao, Hong Tao Xu, and Ye Yang
Sequential Hepatogenic Transdifferentiation
of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells: Relevance of Different Extracellular
Signaling Molecules, Transcription Factors Involved, and Expression of
New Key Marker Genes
A. Bonora-Centelles, R. Jover, V. Mirabet, A. Lahoz, F. Carbonell,
J. V. Castell, and M. J. Gómez-Lechón
Use of Transduced Adipose Tissue
Stromal Cells as Biologic Minipumps to Deliver Levodopa for the Treatment
of Neuropathic Pain: Possibilities and Limitations
Nuria Cobacho, Ana Belén Serrano, Maria José Casarejos,
Mari Angeles Mena, and Carlos Luis Paíno
Functional Recovery After the
Transplantation of Neurally Differentiated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived
From Bone Barrow in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury
Sung-Rae Cho, Yong Rae Kim, Hoi-Sung Kang, Sun Hee Yim, Chang-il
Park, Yoo Hong Min, Bae Hwan Lee, Ji Cheol Shin, and Jong-Baeck Lim
Intravenous Administration of
99mTc-HMPAO-Labeled Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells After Stroke:
In Vivo Imaging and Biodistribution
Olivier Detante, Anaïck Moisan, Julien Dimastromatteo, Marie-Jeanne
Richard, Laurent Riou, Emmanuelle Grillon, Emmanuel Barbier, Marie-Dominique
Desruet, Florence De Fraipont, Christoph Segebarth, Assia Jaillard, Marc
Hommel, Catherine Ghezzi, and Chantal Remy
TNF, Pig CD86, and VCAM-1 Identified
as Potential Targets for Intervention in Xenotransplantation of Pig Chondrocytes
Roberta Sommaggio, Rafael Máñez, and Cristina Costa
Secreted Products From the Porcine
Choroid Plexus Accelerate the Healing of Cutaneous Wounds
C. G. Thanos, D. F. Emerich, B. E. Bintz, M. Goddard, J. Mills,
R. Jensen, M. Lombardi, S. Hall, and K. Boekelheide
Volume 18 Subject and Author Index
VOLUME 18, NUMBERS 10/11
Review
Protocols for Hematopoietic Stem
Cell Expansion From Umbilical Cord Blood
Sonja Koestenbauer, Andreas Zisch, Gottfried Dohr, and Nicolas H.
Zech
Original Contributions
Deleterious Effect of Human Umbilical
Cord Blood Mononuclear Cell Transplantation on Thioacetamide-Induced Chronic
Liver Damage in Rats
Ana I. Álvarez-Mercado, María V. García-Mediavilla,
Sonia Sánchez-Campos, Francisco Abadía, María J. Sáez-Lara,
María Cabello-Donayre, Ángel Gil, Javier González-Gallego,
and Luis Fontana
Impaired Hepatocyte Regeneration
in Acute Severe Hepatic Injury Enhances Effective Repopulation by Transplanted
Hepatocytes
Chun-Hsien Yu, Hui-Ling Chen, Ya-Hui Chen, Ming-Fu Chang, Chin-Sung
Chien, and Mei-Hwei Chang
Human Multipotent Mesenchymal
Stromal Cells From Fetal Lung Expressing Pluripotent Markers and Differentiating
Into Cell Types of Three Germ Layers
Cuiling Zheng, Shaoguang Yang, Zhenxing Guo, Wenbin Liao, Lei Zhang,
Renchi Yang, and Zhong Chao Han
Transcatheter Injection-Induced
Changes in Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Boon C. Heng, Steven H. Hsu, Catherine M. Cowan, Annie Liu, Julie
Tai, Yen Chan, Warren Sherman, and Shubhayu Basu
Oscillating Pressure Treatment
Upregulates Connexin43 Expression in Skeletal Myoblasts and Enhances Therapeutic
Efficacy for Myocardial Infarction
Sae-Won Lee, Hyun-Jae Kang, Ji-Young Lee, Seock-Won Youn, Joo-Yun
Won, Ji-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Chae Lee, Eun Ju Lee, Se-il Oh, Byung-Hee Oh, Young-Bae
Park, and Hyo-Soo Kim
Sex of Muscle Stem Cells Does
Not Influence Potency for Cardiac Cell Therapy
Lauren Drowley, Masaho Okada, Thomas R. Payne, Gregory P. Botta,
Hideki Oshima, Bradley B. Keller, Kimimasa Tobita, and Johnny Huard
Amniotic Membrane Patching Promotes
Ischemic Rat Heart Repair
Anna Cargnoni, Marco Di Marcello, Marino Campagnol, Claudia Nassuato,
Alberto Albertini, and Ornella Parolini
Local Delivery of Autologous
Platelet in Collagen Matrix Simulated In Situ Articular Cartilage Repair
Yi Ying Qi, Xiao Chen, Yang Zi Jiang, Hong Xin Cai, Lin Lin Wang,
Xing Hui Song, Xiao Hui Zou, and Hong Wei Ouyang
Transient Recovery in a Rat
Model of Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis After Transplantation of
Motor Neurons Derived From Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Rodrigo López-González, Philip Kunckles, and Iván
Velasco
Compacted DNA Nanoparticle Gene
Transfer of GDNF to the Rat Striatum Enhances the Survival of Grafted Fetal
Dopamine Neurons
David M. Yurek, Anita M. Flectcher, Tomasz H. Kowalczyk, Linas Padegimas,
and Mark J. Cooper
Cellular Epigenetic Modifications
of Neural Stem Cell Differentiation
Rabindra P. Singh, Kevin Shiue, Dominic Schomberg, and Feng C. Zhou
Immune Cell Populations in Nonhuman
Primate Islets
Lane C. K. Coffey, Dora M. Berman, Melissa A. Willman, and Norma
S. Kenyon
Quantitative Assessment of Islet
Cell Products: Estimating the Accuracy of the Existing Protocol and Accounting
for Islet Size Distribution
Peter Buchwald, Xiaojing Wang, Aisha Khan, Andres Bernal, Chris
Fraker, Luca Inverardi, and Camillo Ricordi
Antiapoptotic Effect of Tacrolimus
on Cytokine-Challenged Human Islets
José M. Balibrea del Castillo, M. Cruz García-Martín,
Javier Arias-Díaz, Elena Giné, Elena Vara, and José
L. Balibrea Cantero
Long-Term Metabolic and Hormonal
Effects of Exenatide on Islet Transplant Recipients With Allograft Dysfunction
Raquel N. Faradji, Tatiana Froud, Shari Messinger, Kathy Monroy,
Antonello Pileggi, Davide Mineo, Thipaporn Tharavanij, Armando J. Mendez,
Camillo Ricordi, and Rodolfo Alejandro
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 9
SPECIAL ISSUE: PAN PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM OF STEM CELL RESEARCH
The First Pan Pacific Symposium of Stem Cell Research
Shinn-Zong Lin
Review of Lithium Effects on Brain
and Blood
Wise Young
Recent Advances of Dendritic Cells
(DCs)-Based Immunotherapy for Malignant Gliomas
Der-Yang Cho, Shinn-Zong Lin, Wen-Kuang Yang, Den-Mei Hsu, Han-Chung
Lee, Wen-Yeun Lee, and Shih-Ping Liu
Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cell
Grafts for Brain Ischemia
Dong-Hyuk Park, Cesar V. Borlongan, Alison E. Willing, David J.
Eve, L. Eduardo Cruz, Cyndy D. Sanberg, Yong-Gu Chung, and Paul R. Sanberg
Gene and Stem Cell Therapy in Ischemic
Stroke
Toru Yamashita, Kentaro Deguchi, Shoko Nagotani, Tatsushi Kamiya,
and Koji Abe
Transplantation of Endothelial
Progenitor Cells as Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases
Huey-Shan Hung, Woei-Cherng Shyu, Chang-Hai Tsai, Shan-hui Hsu,
and Shinn-Zong Lin
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for
Nonmusculoskeletal Diseases: Emerging Applications
Tom K. Kuo, Jennifer H. Ho, and Oscar K. Lee
Alternative Splicing Modulates
Stem Cell Differentiation
Ru-Huei Fu, Shih-Ping Liu, Chen-Wei Ou, Hsiu-Hui Yu, Kuo-Wei Li,
Chang-Hai Tsai, Woei-Cherng Shyu, and Shinn-Zong Lin
MicroRNAs Regulation Modulated
Self-Renewal and Lineage Differentiation of Stem Cells
Shih-Ping Liu, Ru-Huei Fu, Hsiu-Hui Yu, Kuo-Wei Li, Chang-Hai Tsai,
Woei-Cherng Shyu, and Shinn-Zong Lin
Forever Young: How to Control the
Elongation, Differentiation, and Proliferation of Cells Using Nanotechnology
R. G. Ellis-Behnke, Y. X. Liang, J. Guo, D. K. C. Tay, G. E. Schneider,
L. A. Teather, W. Wu, and K. F. So
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 8
Brief Communication
Laser Capture Microdissection as
a New Tool to Assess Graft-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Gene Profile in Islet
Transplantation
A. Vergani, B. Clissi, F. Sanvito, C. Doglioni, P. Fiorina, and
R. Pardi
Original Contributions
Different Effects of FK506, Rapamycin,
and Mycophenolate Mofetil on Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Release and Apoptosis
in Human Islets
James D. Johnson, Ziliang Ao, Peter Ao, Hong Li, Long-Jun Dai, Zehua
He, May Tee, Kathryn J. Potter, Agnieszka M. Klimek, R. Mark Meloche, David
M. Thompson, C. Bruce Verchere, and Garth L. Warnock
Influence of Cell Treatment With
PDGF-BB and Reperfusion on Cardiac Persistence of Mononuclear and Mesenchymal
Bone Marrow Cells After Transplantation Into Acute Myocardial Infarction
in Rats
Benjamin Krausgrill, Marius Vantler, Volker Burst, Martin Raths,
Marcel Halbach, Konrad Frank, Silke Schynkowski, Kerstin Schenk, Jürgen
Hescheler, Stephan Rosenkranz, and Jochen Müller-Ehmsen
Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood
Mononuclear Cell Transplantation Preserves Right Ventricular Function in
a Novel Model of Chronic Right Ventricular Volume Overload
Can Yerebakan, Eugen Sandica, Stephanie Prietz, Christian Klopsch,
Murat Ugurlucan, Alexander Kaminski, Sefer Abdija, Björn Lorenzen,
Johannes Boltze, Björn Nitzsche, Dietmar Egger, Malte Barten, Dario
Furlani, Nan Ma, Brigitte Vollmar, Andreas Liebold, and Gustav Steinhoff
Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury in Neonatal
Rats
Yun Sil Chang, Wonil Oh, Soo Jin Choi, Dong Kyung Sung, Soo Yoon
Kim, Eun Yang Choi, Saem Kang, Hye Jin Jin, Yoon Sun Yang, and Won Soon
Park
Copper Modulates the Differentiation
of Mouse Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells in Culture
Xiaosong Huang, L. Jeanne Pierce, Paul A. Cobine, Dennis R. Winge,
and Gerald J. Spangrude
Amniotic Mesenchymal Tissue Cells
Inhibit Dendritic Cell Differentiation of Peripheral Blood and Amnion Resident
Monocytes
Marta Magatti, Silvia De Munari, Elsa Vertua, Claudia Nassauto,
Alberto Albertini, Georg S. Wengler, and Ornella Parolini
Effects of Mechanical Stretch on
Collagen and Cross-Linking in Engineered Blood Vessels
Amy Solan, Shannon L. M. Dahl, and Laura E. Niklason
Enhanced Early Tissue Regeneration
After Matrix-Assisted Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation
in Full Thickness Chondral Defects in a Minipig Model
Martin Jung, Balazs Kaszap, Anna Redöhl, Eric Steck, Steffen
Breusch, Wiltrud Richter, and Tobias Gotterbarm
Small Agarose Microcapsules With
Cell-Enclosing Hollow Core for Cell Therapy: Transplantation of Ifosfamide-Activating
Cells to the Mice With Preestablished Subcutaneous Tumor
Shinji Sakai, Ichiro Hashimoto, Shinji Tanaka, Brian Salmons, and
Koei Kawakami
Experience of Microbiological
Screening of Human Hepatocytes for Clinical Transplantation
Sharon C. Lehec, Robin D. Hughes, Ragai R. Mitry, Michelle A. Graver,
Anita Verma, Jim J. Wade, and Anil Dhawan
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 7
Editorial
STEPS Toward the Right Direction
John R. Sladek and Paul R. Sanberg
Commentary
Who's in Favor of Translational
Cell Therapy for Stroke: STEPS Forward Please?
Michael Chopp, Gary K. Steinberg, Douglas Kondziolka, Mei Lu, Tonya
M. Bliss, Yi Li, David C. Hess, and Cesario V. Borlongan
Review
Cell-Based Therapy for Heart Failure:
Skeletal Myoblasts
Monika Seidel, Aleksandra Borczynska, Natalia Rozwadowska, and Maciej
Kurpisz
Original Contributions
Overexpression of Follistatin in
Human Myoblasts Increases Their Proliferation and Differentiation, and
Improves the Graft Success in SCID Mice
B. F. Benabdallah, M. Bouchentouf, J. Rousseau, and J. P. Tremblay
Growth Factor Coinjection Improves
the Migration Potential of Monkey Myogenic Precursors Without Affecting
Cell Transplantation Success
Jean-François Lafreniere, Marie-Christine Caron, Daniel Skuk,
Marlyne Goulet, Anissa Rahma Cheikh, and Jacques P. Tremblay
A Biocompatible Endothelial Cell
Delivery System for In Vitro Tissue Engineering
Eun Jung Lee, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Yadong Wang, and Laura E.
Niklason
Pig Pancreas Oxygenation at 20°C
Increases Islet ATP Generation but Deteriorates Islet Function
M. Iken, H. Brandhorst, O. Korsgren, and D. Brandhorst
2007 Update on Allogeneic Islet
Transplantation From the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR)
The CITR Research Group
Gender-Dependent Survival of Allogeneic
Trophoblast Stem Cells in Liver
Jessica Epple-Farmer, Bisrat G. Debeb, Oliver Smithies, and Bert
Binas
Liver Cell Transplantation: Basic
Investigations for Safe Application in Infants and Small Children
Jochen Meyburg, Krassimira Alexandrova, Marc Barthold, Sabine Kafert-Kasting,
Andrea S. Schneider, Masoumeh Attaran, Friederike Hoerster, Jan Schmidt,
Georg F. Hoffmann, and Michael Ott
Primate Adult Brain Cell Autotransplantation,
a Pilot Study in Asymptomatic MPTP-Treated Monkeys
Jean-François Brunet, D. Eugene Redmond, Jr., and Jocelyne
Bloch
Reversal of Dopaminergic Degeneration
in a Parkinsonian Rat Following Micrografting of Human Bone Marrow-Derived
Neural Progenitors
Aleksandra Glavaski-Joksimovic, Tamas Virag, Qin A. Chang, Neva
C. West, Thomas A. Mangatu, Michael P. McGrogan, Millicent Dugich-Djordjevic,
and Martha C. Bohn
Functional Engraftment of the
Medial Ganglionic Eminence Cells in Experimental Stroke Model
Marcel M. Daadi, Sang Hyung Lee, Ahmet Arac, Brad A. Grueter, Rishi
Bhatnagar, Anne-Lise Maag, Bruce Schaar, Robert C. Malenka, Theo D. Palmer,
and Gary K. Steinberg
VOLUME 18, NUMBERS 5/6
Regenerative Medicine for Diabetes
Mellitus
Naoya Kobayashi, Takeshi Yuasa, and Teru Okitsu
Pancreas Preservation by the Two-Layer
Method: Does it Have a Beneficial Effect Compared With Simple Preservation
in University of Wisconsin Solution?
Hirofumi Noguchi, Marlon F. Levy,Naoya Kobayashi, and
Shinichi
Matsumoto
Beneficial Storage Effects of Epigallocatechin-3-O-Gallate
on the Articular Cartilage of Rabbit Osteochondral Allografts
Jung Yoon Bae, Kazuaki Matsumura, Shigeyuki Wakitani,Amu
Kawaguchi, Sadami Tsutsumi, and Suong-Hyu Hyon
Long-Term Preservation of Rat Skin
Tissue by Epigallocatechin-3-O-Gallate
HakHee Kim, Takeshi Kawazoe, Kazuaki Matsumura,Shigehiko
Suzuki, and Suong-Hyu Hyon
Preservation of Platelets by Adding
Epigallocatechin-3-O-Gallate to Platelet Concentrates
Kazuaki Matsumura, Hiroshi Takayama, Jung Yoon Bae,Mitsuru
Kurihara, Sadami Tsutsumi, and Suong-Hyu Hyon
A Study on the Perfusion Preservation,
Resuscitation, and Transplantation of a Rat Heart Isolated for 96 Hours
Naoyuki Hatayama, Yu Yoshida, and Kunihiro Seki
Study on the Preservation With
CO (PCO = 200–2,000 hPa), Resuscitation, and Heterotopic Transplantation
of an Isolated Rat Heart
Yu Yoshida, Naoyuki Hatayama, and Kunihiro Seki
Comparison of Trypsin Inhibitors
in Preservation Solution for Islet Isolation
Hirofumi Noguchi, Michiko Ueda, Shuji Hayashi,Naoya
Kobayashi, Teru Okitsu, Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Hideo Nagata,Xiaoling
Liu, Hiroki Kamiya, Marlon F. Levy, and Shinichi Matsumoto
Estimation of Donor Usability for
Islet Transplantation in the United States With the Kyoto Islet Isolation
Method
Shinichi Matsumoto, Hirofumi Noguchi, Nobuyo Hatanaka,Masayuki
Shimoda, Naoya Kobayashi, Andrew Jackson,Nicholas Onaca,Bashoo
Naziruddin, and Marlon F. Levy
SUITO Index for Evaluation of
Efficacy of Single Donor Islet Transplantation
Shinichi Matsumoto, Hirofumi Noguchi, Nobuyo Hatanaka,Masayuki
Shimoda, Naoya Kobayashi, Andrew Jackson,Nicholas Onaca,Bashoo
Naziruddin, and Marlon F. Levy
Establishment of Mouse Pancreatic
Stem Cell Line
Hirofumi Noguchi, Koichi Oishi, Michiko Ueda,Hiroshi
Yukawa, Shuji Hayashi, Naoya Kobayashi, Marlon F.
Levy, and Shinichi Matusmoto
Recombinant Sendai Virus-Mediated
Gene Transfer to Mouse Pancreatic Stem Cells
Koichi Oishi, Hirofumi Noguchi, Hiroshi Yukawa,Makoto
Inoue, Soichi Takagi, Hisashi Iwata, Mamoru Hasegawa,
and Shuji Hayashi
Differential Ability of Somatic
Stem Cells
Koichi Oishi, Hirofumi Noguchi, Hiroshi Yukawa,
and Shuji Hayashi
Quantum Dots for Labeling Adipose
Tissue-Derived Stem Cells
Hiroshi Yukawa, Shogo Mizufune, Chiharu Mamori,Yukimasa
Kagami, Koichi Oishi, Noritada Kaji, Yukihiro Okamoto,Manabu
Takeshi, Hirofumi Noguchi, Yoshinobu Baba,Michinari Hamaguchi,
Nobuyuki Hamajima, and Shuji Hayashi
Comparison of Sendai Virus-Mediated
Gene Transfer Efficiency to Adhesive and Floating Adipose Tissue-Derived
Stem Cells
Hiroshi Yukawa, Hirofumi Noguchi, Koichi Oishi,Makoto
Inoue, Mamoru Hasegawa, Michinari Hamaguchi,Nobuyuki Hamajima,
and Shuji Hayashi
Cell Transplantation of Adipose
Tissue-Derived Stem Cells in Combination With Heparin Attenuated Acute
Liver Failure in Mice
Hiroshi Yukawa, Hirofumi Noguchi, Koichi Oishi,Soichi
Takagi, Michinari Hamaguchi, Nobuyuki Hamajima, and Shuji
Hayashi
Cryopreservation In Situ of Cell
Monolayers on Collagen Vitrigel Membrane Culture Substrata: Ready-to-Use
Preparation of Primary Hepatocytes and ES Cells
Yoshitaka Miyamoto, Shin Enosawa, Tomoyo Takeuchi,
and Toshiaki Takezawa
Superagonist CD28 Antibody Preferentially
Expanded Foxp3-Expressing nTreg Cells and Prevented Graft-Versus-Host Diseases
Yusuke Kitazawa, Masayuki Fujino, Xiao-Kang Li,Lin
Xie, Naotsugu Ichimaru, Masayoshi Okumi, Norio Nonomura,Akira
Tsujimura, Yoshitaka Isaka, Hiromitsu Kimura,Thomas Hünig,
and Shiro Takahara
Comparative Study of the Cellular
Pharmacodynamics of Calcineurin Inhibitors Between Patients With Chronic
Renal Failure Awaiting Renal Transplantation and Cirrhosis Patients Awaiting
Liver Transplantation
Yu Kihara, Naoto Matsuno, Abuduxukuer Mijiti,Takeshi
Nagao, Hironori Takeuchi, Sakae Unezaki, and
Toshihiko
Hirano
Global Expression Profiles in
1-Hour Biopsy Specimens of Human 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
Clinical Significance of the Cellular
Pharmacodynamics of Tacrolimus in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation
Abuduxukuer Mijiti, Naoto Matsuno, Hironori Takeuchi,Sakae
Unezaki, Takeshi Nagao, and Toshihiko Hirano
Hepatocytes From Fibrotic Liver
Possess High Growth Potential in Vivo
Manabu Nishie, Chise Tateno, Rie Utoh, Toshihiko
Kohashi, Norio Masumoto, Naoya Kobayashi, Toshiyuki
Itamoto, Noriaki Tanaka, Toshimasa Asahara, and Katsutoshi
Yoshizato
Preconditioned Cell Array Optimized
for a Three-Dimensional Culture of Hepatocytes
Yoshitaka Miyamoto, Takeshi Ikeya, and Shin Enosawa
Neovascularization Induced Around
an Artificial Device Implanted in the Abdomen by the Use of Gelatinized
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
Takeshi Yuasa, Jorge D. Rivas-Carrillo, Nalú
Navarro-Alvarez, Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, Yasuhiro Kubota,Yasuhiko
Tabata, Teru Okitsu, Hirofumi Noguchi, Shinichi Matsumoto,Shuhei
Nakaji, Noriaki Tanaka, and Naoya Kobayashi
Original Contributions
ERas Is Expressed in Primate Embryonic
Stem Cells But Not Related to Tumorigenesis
Yujiro Tanaka, Tamako Ikeda, Yukiko Kishi, Shigeo Masuda, Hiroaki
Shibata, Kengo Takeuchi, Makoto Komura, Tadashi Iwanaka, Shin-ichi Muramatsu,
Yasushi Kondo, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Shinya Yamanaka, and Yutaka Hanazono
Neurotrophism of Bone Marrow Stromal
Cells to Embryonic Stem Cells: Noncontact Induction and Transplantation
to a Mouse Ischemic Stroke Model
Tao Yang, Kam Sze Tsang, Wai Sang Poon, and Ho Keung Ng
Transplantation of Allogeneic and
Xenogeneic Placenta-Derived Cells Reduces Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis
Anna Cargnoni, Lucia Gibelli, Alessandra Tosini, Patrizia Bonassi
Signoroni, Claudia Nassuato, Davide Arienti, Guerino Lombardi, Alberto
Albertini, Georg S. Wengler, and Ornella Parolini
DAPI Diffusion After Intravitreal
Injection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Injured Retina of Rats
Paula Castanheira, Leonardo Torquetti Torquetti, Débora Rodrigues
Soares Magalhãs, Marcio B. Nehemy, and Alfredo M. Goes
A Novel Strategy Incorporated the
Power of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Allografts for Segmental Bone Tissue
Engineering
Xiao Hui Zou, Hong Xin Cai, Zi Yin, Xiao Chen, Yang Zi Jiang, Hu
Hu, and Hong Wei Ouyang
Bone Regeneration and Neovascularization
Processes in a Pellet Culture System for Periosteal Cells
Mari Akiyama and Masaaki Nakamura
Clinical Use of Fructosamine in
Islet Transplantation
Thipaporn Tharavanij, Tatiana Froud, Cristiane B. Leitao, David
A. Baidal, Charlotte N. Paz-Pabon, Messinger Shari, Pablo Cure, Karina
Bernetti, Camillo Ricordi, and Rodolfo Alejandro
Reversible Regulation of Cell Cycle-Related
Genes by Epigallocatechin Gallate for Hibernation of Neonatal Human Tarsal
Fibroblasts
Jung Yoon Bae, Jun Kanamune, Dong-Wook Han, Kazuaki Matsumura, and
Suong-Hyu Hyon
A Simple Breeding Protocol for
the Procurement of Accurately Staged Rat Donor Embryos for Neural Transplantation
U. M. Weyrauch, E. M. Torres, A. L. Baird, and S. B. Dunnett
Naive Rat Amnion-Derived Cell
Transplantation Improved Left Ventricular Function and Reduced Myocardial
Scar of Postinfarcted Heart
Kazuro L. Fujimoto, Toshio Miki, Li J. Liu, Ryotaro Hashizume, Stephen
C. Strom, William R. Wagner, Bradley B. Keller, and Kimimasa Tobita
News
Beijing Declaration of International Association of Neurorestoratology (IANR)
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3, 2009
Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy: Advances From 2008
Amit N. Patel and Warren Sherman
Reviews
Early Translation of Adipose-Derived
Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Eugenia Fernández-Santos, Marta Domínguez-Muñoa,
Radoslaw Parma, Adolfo Villa, Lucía Fernández, Pedro L. Sánchez,
and Francisco Fernández-Avilés
Function and Mode of Regulation
of Endothelial Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II
Irina Alexander, Elazer R. Edelman, and Heiko Methe
Original Contributions
NF-kB
Activity in Endothelial Cells Is Modulated by Cell Substratum Interactions
and Influences Chemokine-Mediated Adhesion of Natural Killer Cells
Shmuel Hess, Heiko Methe, Jong-Oh Kim, and Elazer R. Edelman
Evaluation of a Peritoneal-Generated
Cardiac Patch in a Rat Model of Heterotopic Heart Transplantation
Gabriel Amir, Liron Miller, Michal Shachar, Micha S. Feinberg, Radka
Holbova, Smadar Cohen, and Jonathan Leor
Implantation of a Three-Dimensional
Fibroblast Matrix Improves Left Ventricular Function and Blood Flow After
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Hoang M. Thai, Elizabeth Juneman, Jordan Lancaster, Tracy Hagerty,
Rose Do, Lisa Castellano, Robert Kellar, Stuart Williams, Gulshan Sethi,
Monika Schmelz, Mohamed Gaballa, and Steven Goldman
Percutaneous Cell Delivery Into
the Heart Using Hydrogels Polymerizing In Situ
Timothy P. Martens, Amandine F. G. Godier, Jonathan J. Parks, Leo
Q. Wan, Michael S. Koeckert, George M. Eng, Barry I. Hudson, Warren Sherman,
and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Ex Vivo Nanofiber Expansion and
Genetic Modification of Human Cord Blood-Derived Progenitor/Stem Cells
Enhances Vasculogenesis
Hiranmoy Das, Nasreen Abdulhameed, Matthew Joseph, Ramasamy Sakthivel,
Hai-Quan Mao, and Vincent J. Pompili
A Transformed Cell Population Derived
From Cultured Mesenchymal Stem Cells Has no Functional Effect After Transplantation
Into the Injured Heart
Dario Furlani, Wenzhong Li, Erik Pittermann, Christian Klopsch,
Liang Wang, Agnes Knopp, Philipp Jungebluth, Elke Thedinga, Carolin Havenstein,
Ingeborg Westien, Murat Ugurlucan, Ren-Ke Li, Nan Ma, and Gustav Steinhoff
Myoblast Transfer in Ischemic Heart
Failure: Effects on Rhythm Stability
Warren Sherman, Kun-Lun He, Geng-Hua Yi, Jie Wang, Jack Harvey,
Myung J. Lee, Howard Haimes, Paul Lee, Emma Miranda, Sunil Kanwal, and
Daniel Burkhoff
Autologous Bone-Marrow Mononuclear
Cell Transplantation After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison of Two
Delivery Techniques
Suzana A. Silva, André L. S. Sousa, Andrea F. Haddad, Jader
C. Azevedo, Vinicio E. Soares, Cíntia M. Peixoto, Ana J. S. Soares,
Aurora F. C. Issa, Luis Renato V. Felipe, Rodrigo V. C. Branco, João
A. Addad, Rodrigo C. Moreira, Fabio A. A. Tuche, Cláudio T. Mesquita,
Cristina C. O. Drumond, Amarino O. Junior, Carlos E. Rochitte, José
H. M. Luz, Arnaldo Rabischoffisky, Fernanda B. Nogueira, Rosana B. C. Vieira,
Hamilton S. Junior, Radovan Borojevic, and Hans F. R. Dohmann
Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous
Platelet-Rich Plasma Combined With Transmyocardial Revascularization
K. E. Wehberg, G. Answini, D. Wood, J. Todd, J. Julian, N. Ogburn,
and K. B. Allen
Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking
Strain Analysis for Efficacy Assessment of Myocardial Cell Therapy
Boris A. Nasseri, Marian Kukucka, Michael Dandel, Christoph Knosalla,
Yeong-Hoon Choi, Wolfram Ebell, Roland Hetzer, and Christof Stamm
Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation
Increases Leg Perfusion and Reduces Amputations in Patients With Advanced
Critical Limb Ischemia Due to Peripheral Artery Disease
Berthold Amann, Claas Luedemann, Richard Ratei, and J. André
Schmidt-Lucke
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 2, 2009
Review
Amnion: A Potent Graft Source for
Cell Therapy in Stroke
Seong Jin Yu, Maddalena Soncini, Yuji Kaneko, David C. Hess, Ornella
Parolini, and Cesar V. Borlongan
Original Contributions
Microtransplantation of Dopaminergic
Cell Suspensions: Further Characterization and Optimization of Grafting
Parameters
Guido Nikkhah, Christoph Rosenthal, Gero Falkenstein, Alexandra
Roedter, Anna Papazoglou, and Almuth Brandis
Effective Cryopreservation of Neural
Stem or Progenitor Cells Without Serum or Proteins by Vitrification
L. L. Kuleshova, F. C. K. Tan, R. Magalhães, S. S. Gouk,
K. H. Lee, and G. S. Dawe
Delivery of Adipose-Derived Precursor
Cells for Peripheral Nerve Repair
Lizzie Y. Santiago, Julio Clavijo-Alvarez, Candace Brayfield, J.
Peter Rubin, and Kacey G. Marra
Cartilage Regeneration of Adipose-Derived
Stem Cells in a Hybrid Scaffold From Fibrin-Modified PLGA
Yiyong Wei, Hunyu Hu, Haiqiang Wang, Yinsong Wu, Lianfu Deng, and
Jin Qi
Assessments of Proliferation Capacity
and Viability of New Zealand Rabbit Peripheral Blood Endothelial Progenitor
Cells Labeled With Superparamagnetic Particles
Xiao-Li Mai, Zhan-Long Ma, Jun-Hui Sun, Sheng-Hong Ju, Ming Ma,
and Gao-Jun Teng
Generation of Hepatocyte-Like Cells
From In Vitro Transdifferentiated Human Fetal Pancreas
Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, Greg Nowak, Shifaan Thowfeequ, Setara
Begum, Meghnad Joshi, Marie Jaksch, Anders Kjaeldgaard, Carl Jorns, Bo-Göran
Ericzon, and David Tosh
Effect of Micro- and Macroencapsulation
on Oxygen Consumption by Pancreatic Islets
Roberta Cornolti, Marina Figliuzzi, and Andrea Remuzzi
Brief Communication
Collagenase Isoforms for Pancreas
Digestion
Federico Bertuzzi, Silvia Cainarca, Simona Marzorati, Angela Bachi,
Barbara Antonioli, Rita Nano, Roberto Verzaro, and Camillo Ricordi
Abstracts for the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1, 2009
Review
Extracellular Matrix in Pancreatic
Islets: Relevance to Scaffold Design and Transplantation
John C. Stendahl, Dixon B. Kaufman, and Samuel I. Stupp
Original Contributions
Toward Improving Human Islet Isolation
From Younger Donors: Rescue Purification Is Efficient for Trapped Islets
A. Miki, C. Ricordi, Messinger, T. Yamamoto, A. Mita, S. Barker,
R. Haetter, A. Khan, R. Alejandro, and H. Ichii
Beneficial Role of Pancreatic Microenvironment
for Angiogenesis in Transplanted Pancreatic Islets
Joey Lau, Caroline Kampf, Göran Mattsson, Daniel Nyqvist, Martin
Köhler, Per-Olof Berggren, and Per-Ola Carlsson
The Effect of Composite Pig Islet-Human
Endothelial Cell Grafts on the Instant Blood-Mediated Inflammatory Reaction
Hyoung-Il Kim, Jae Eun Yu, Song Yi Lee, A. Young Sul, Min Seok Jang,
M. A. Rashid, Sang Gyu Park, Sang Jun Kim, Chung-Gyu Park, Jae Hyeon Kim,
and Kyong Soo Park
Cotransplantation of Mouse Embryonic
Stem Cells and Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Following Spinal Cord Injury Suppresses
Tumor Development
Ryosuke Matsuda, Masahide Yoshikawa, Hajime Kimura, Yukiteru Ouji,
Hiroyuki Nakase, Fumihiko Nishimura, Jun-ichi Nonaka, Hayato Toriumi, Shuichi
Yamada, Mariko Nishiofuku, Kei Moriya, Shigeaki Ishizaka, Mitsutoshi Nakamura,
and Toshisuke Sakaki
Retentive Multipotency of Adult
Dorsal Root Ganglia Stem Cells
Rabindra P. Singh, Ying-Hua Cheng, Paul Nelson, and Feng C. Zhou
Noninvasive Imaging of Liver Repopulation
Following Hepatocyte Transplantation
Sarah Koenig, Petra Krause, Ali Seif Amir Hosseini, Christian Dullin,
Margret Rave-Fraenk, Sarah Kimmina, Andrew Lee Entwistle, Robert Michael
Hermann, Clemens Friedrich Hess, Heinz Becker, and Hans Christiansen
Wheat Proteins Enhance Stability
and Function of Adhesion Molecules in Cryopreserved Hepatocytes
Mélanie Grondin, Francine Hamel, Diana A. Averill-Bates,
and Fathey Sarhan
Suppression of Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced
Liver Fibrosis by Transplantation of a Clonal Mesenchymal Stem Cell Line
Derived From Rat Bone Marrow
Marhaen Hardjo, Masahiro Miyazaki, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Takuro Masaka,
Sukaeni Ibrahim, Ken Kataoka, and Nam-ho Huh
Improved Survival of Fulminant
Liver Failure by Transplantation of Microencapsulated Cryopreserved Porcine
Hepatocytes in Mice
Jie Mei, Antonino Sgroi, Gang Mai, Reto Baertschiger, Carmen Gonelle-Gispert,
Véronique Serre-Beinier, Philippe Morel, and Leo H. Bühler