Overview
- Objectively evaluates effects and mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation on injured myocardium
- Presents Chinese characteristics of stem cell research and clinical trials compared with those in Europe and America
Part of the book series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China (ATSTC)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Stem cell research has the potential to affect the lives of millions of people around the world. This research is now regularly front-page news, and realizing the promise of mesenchymal stem cells for yielding new medical therapies will require us to grapple with more than just scientific uncertainties. "Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Heart - From Bench to Bedside" presents the cytobiological characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells from the isolation, culture, transmembrane ion currents, migration and differentiation in vitro to the repairing of injured myocardium and tissue reconstruction in vivo, including the results of basic research and the real possibility for treatments and ultimately for cures for cardiac diseases for which adequate therapies do not exist. The book is intended for clinical stem cell researchers in cardiovasology, hematology, cytobiology, molecular biology, cell and tissue engineering, and other related fields.
Jian-an Wang, MD, PhD, Professor of Cardiology at Zhejiang University and investigator at Loma Linda University, Southern California, has broad expertise in the molecular and cellular biological processes underlying cardiovascular disease. He has won the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Medal of Honor.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jian-an Wang, MD, PhD, Professor of Cardiology at Zhejiang University and investigator at Loma Linda University, U.S., has broad expertise in the molecular and cellular biological processes underlying cardiovascular disease. He has won the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Medal of Honor. He performs cardiac interventional treatment on more than 1000 cases per year, doing percutaneous coronary angiography (PTCA), percutaneous coronary angioplasty, radiofrequency catheterization ablation (RFCA), percutaneous closure of a residual ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with the Amplatzer occluder, etc. He is also the chief editor of Electrocardiology Journal, Chinese editor of Circulation, European Heart Journal and American Heart Association Journals Best Selection, editor of Chinese Emergency Journal, Chinese Practical Medicine Journal, and Chinese Modern Clinical Medicine Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Heart
Book Subtitle: From Bench to Bedside
Editors: Jian’an Wang, Xiaojie Xie
Series Title: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88150-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88149-0Published: 14 July 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88150-6Published: 19 November 2009
Series ISSN: 1995-6819
Series E-ISSN: 1995-6827
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 113
Additional Information: Jointly published with Zhejiang University Press
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Cardiology, Laboratory Medicine