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
This book
represents an updated overview on selected topics related to mesenchymal stem
cells as well as induced pluripotent stem cells. The book is divided into three
main sections that cover several topics including: sources of both stem cell
types, their preparation and general properties, as well as their therapeutic
indications and clinical utilization with particular attention given to their
use in infectious diseases, osteoarthritis, as well as immunological disorders.
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.
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.
This note covers the following
topics: Protein Structure and Function, The Flow of Information: DNA to Protein,
Ribosome, mRNA, and tRNA direct the Synthesis of Proteins, Gene Regulation, DNA
Packing and Organization, Cell Cycle and Division, Cell Signaling, Cell
Junctions, Cell Adhesion and ECM, Nervous System.
This note covers the
following topics: Precellular evolution, Oparin and Haldane hypothesis,
Precursors to purines, Origin of polymers, Conservation of Group 1 introns, RNA
as polymerase, RNA as nuclease and ligase, RNA genome, Genetic code and
Precellular evolution.
Author(s): Prof.
David Fitch, Department of Biology, New York University
This note explains the following topics related to Cellular and nuclear
reprogramming: Inducing pluripotency, Stem cells in animal models of
regeneration, Small RNAs – their biogenesis, regulation and function in
embryonic stem cells.
Author(s): Kit
T Rodolfa, Kyle A. Gurley, Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Joshua E. Babiarz, Robert
Blelloch
This note explains the following topics: The cranial
sensory nervous system, Tooth organogenesis and regeneration, Melanocyte stem
cells, Limbal epithelial stem cells of the cornea, Neural crest-derived stem
cells.
Author(s): Andrea Streit, Masatake Osawa, Irma Thesleff, Mark
Tummers, Olga Shakhova
This note explains the following topics: Immunologic targeting
of the cancer stem cell, Immunological considerations for cell therapy using
human embryonic stem cell derivatives, Mouse models of graft-versus-host
disease, Prospects for ensuring acceptance of ES cell-derived tissues.
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