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Title:

Stem cells and myocardial regeneration / edited by Marc S. Penn.

Publisher:

Humana Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiii, 315 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Stem cells--Therapeutic use.
Regeneration (Biology)
Myocardium--Regeneration.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Células--Uso trapeútico.
Myocardium--Cytology.
Stem Cells--physiology
Regeneration--physiology.
Cellules souches--Emploi en thérapeutique.
Régénération (Biologie)
Myocarde--Régénération.
Greffe (Chirurgie)

Other Authors:

Penn, Marc S.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The challenge for stem cell therapy: overview of the problem: heart attack and heart failure -- Hematopoietic stem cells for myocardial regeneration -- Mesenchymal stem cells for cardiac therapy -- Multipotent adult progenitor cells -- Mesenchymal progenitor cells for vascular formation and cardiac muscle regeneration -- Umbilical cord blood stem cells for myocardial regeneration and angiogenesis -- Endogenous cardiac stem cells -- Embryonic stem cells for myocardial repair -- Chemokin and homing factor expression in acute myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure -- Stem cell differentiation toward a cardiac myocyte phenotype -- Electrical coupling and/or ventricular tachycardia risk of cell therapy -- Cell therapy for myocardial damage: arrhythmia risk and mechanisms -- Aspects of percutaneous cellular cardiomyoplasty -- Stem cells and myocardial regeneration: open-chest/minimally invasive surgical techniques -- Measures of effective cell based therapies -- Whole bone marrow transplantation -- Clinical angioblast therapy -- Use of skeletal myoblasts for the treatment of chronic heart failure -- Bone marrow and angioblast transplantation -- Strategies for cytokine modification and stem cell mobilization for acute myocardial infarction -- 21 summary and future challenges.

Series:

Contemporary cardiology

ISBN:

9781597452724 (e-ISBN)
1597452726 (e-ISBN)
9781588296641 (alk. paper)
1588296644 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64444053

LCCN:

2006006484

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)