Biology The Cell

Extracellular Vesicles Role in Diseases, Pathogenesis and Therapy

This volume is a valuable resource for basic biologists, translational scientists, and clinicians.The chapters emphasize the emerging data confirming the role of EVs in the pathogenesis of diseases and discuss the scientific advances that have made it feasible to characterize and engineer EVs, leading to their use as tools in biomarker discovery and disease diagnosis, prognosis, therapeutic application, and theranostics.

Author(s): Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva

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Stromal Cells

Stromal cells are connective tissue cells of any organ. This book will prove highly useful for students, researchers, and clinicians in stem cell biology, developmental biology, cancer biology, pathology and oncology. Goal of this book is to consolidate the recent advances in the area of stromal stem cell biology covering a broad range of interrelated topics in a timely fashion and to disseminate that knowledge in a lucid way to a greater scientific audience.

Author(s): Mani T. Valarmathi

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Stem Book

This book is an open access collection of invited, original, peer-reviewed chapters covering a range of topics related to stem cell biology written by top researchers in the field at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and worldwide. Stem Book is aimed at stem cell and non-specialist researchers.

Author(s): Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University

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Basic Cell and Molecular Biology

This book is a very comprehensive text for understanding cell biology. Topics covered includes: Details of Protein Structure, Bioenergetics, Enzyme Catalysis and Kinetics, Glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle and the Atkins Diet, Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation and Photosynthesis, DNA Structure, Chromosomes and Chromatin, Details of DNA Replication and  DNA Repair, Transcription and RNA Processing, The Genetic Code and Translation, Regulation of Transcription and Epigenetic Inheritance, Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression, Repetitive DNA, A Eukaryotic Genomic Phenomenon, DNA Technologies, Membrane Structure, Membrane Function, The Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility, Cell Division and the Cell Cycle, The Origins of Life.

Author(s): Gerald Bergtrom, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Biology of Myelomonocytic Cells

Myelomonocytes are the multipotent cells in the stage of blood cell differentiation, which mainly comprise blood monocytes, tissue macrophages and subset of dendritic cells. The present volume shows an extensive area of current immunology research.Topics covered includes: Phenotypic Markers and Functional Regulators of Myelomonocytic Cells, Dendritic Cells, The Biological Function of Kupffer Cells in Liver Disease, The Role of Monocytes or Macrophages in HBV and HCV Infection, Myelomonocytic Cell Lines in Modeling HIV-1 Infection of the Bone Marrow.

Author(s): Anirban Ghosh

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Physics of adherent cells

One of the most unique physical features of cell adhesion to external surfaces is the active generation of mechanical force at the cell-material interface. This includes pulling forces generated by contractile polymer bundles and networks, and pushing forces generated by the polymerization of polymer networks. Topics covered includes: Physics of cell-matrix adhesions, Cell shape and forces, Active response of cells, Cell assemblies

Author(s): Ulrich S. Schwarz and Samuel S. Safran

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Engineering Molecular Cell Biology

This lecture note explains the basic concepts, facts, and principles of cell biology at the molecular level and to develop basic skills to read current cell biology literature and to develop basic understanding of the integration of engineering with biology.

Author(s): Ge Yang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

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Germ cell and somatic stem cell biology in reproduction

This note explains the following topics: Regulation of spermatogonia, The role of microRNAs in germline differentiation, Germline stem cell niches, Lineage analysis of stem cells, C. elegans germline stem cells and their niche.

Author(s): Massachusetts General Hospital

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Endoderm specification and differentiation

This note explains the following topics: Pancreatic stem cells, Specification and patterning of the respiratory system, Liver development and Endoderm specification.

Author(s): Massachusetts General Hospital and The President and Fellows of Harvard College

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INTRODUCTION TO CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS (PDF 34P)

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Author(s): NA

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