Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Niche
This timely volume explores tissue-derived stem cells, summarizing and evaluating the current body of knowledge. Sixteen chapters cover hematopoietic, osteoblast, skeletal, cardiac, pancreatic, epithelial, corneal, hepatic, renal, testicular, ovarian, fin
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Kursad Turksen Editor
TissueSpecific Stem Cell Niche
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Series editor Kursad Turksen, Ph.D. e-mail: [email protected]
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Kursad Turksen Editor
Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Niche
Editor Kursad Turksen Ottawa, ON Canada
ISSN 2196-8985 ISSN 2196-8993 (electronic) Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine ISBN 978-3-319-21704-8 ISBN 978-3-319-21705-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21705-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015944740 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is a brand of Springer Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Dramatic developments in cell biology generally and methods for isolation, tagging and imaging cells specifically have resulted in major increases in our understanding of stem cell biology. This includes significant advances in identifying and characterizing tissue-specific stem cells and their specific niches. Given perhaps the surprising nature of multiple niches, i.e., their common components, the search remains intense to understand the feature and factors that result in the specificities of the niches for particular tissue-specific stem cells. To provide a summary of what we now know and what remains to be established, I have solicited contributions from several groups that are actively working on different tissue-specific stem cells. I am grateful to all of them for their contributions and thank them for their efforts in helping to make this an outstanding volume. I thank Aleta Kalkstein for her support and help in getting this project off the ground. I am also grateful to Emily Janakiram, who had a keen eye for missing details, and was instrumental in completion of the volume with the highest Spri
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