Preface...Table of Contents...Contributing Authors...1. A Simple Protocol to Isolate, Characterize and Expand Dental Pulp Stem CellsFederica Di Scipio, Andrea Elio Sprio, Maria Elisabetta Carere, Zhiqian Yang, and Giovanni Nicolao Berta2. Derivation of Mesenchymal Stem cells from Embryonic Stem Cells: A Non-Variable and Inexhaustive Source of Adult Stem CellsGlen Lester Sequiera, Niketa Sareen, Ejlal Abu Al-Rub, and Sanjiv Dhingra3. Compact Bone-Derived Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) for the Treatment of Sjogren's-Like Disease in NOD MiceGhada Abu Elghanam, Younan Liu, Saeed Khalili, Dongdong Fang, and Simon D.Tran4. Manipulating the Proliferative Potential of Cardiomyocytes by Gene TransferGiulia Prosdocimo and Mauro Giacca5. Assessment of Energy Metabolic Changes in Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem CellsGhazaleh Hajmousa and Martin C. Harmsen6. Isolation and In Vitro Characterization of Epidermal Stem CellsKasper S. Moestrup, Marianne S. Andersen, and Kim B. Jensen7. Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Procedure for Cell Isolation and CharacterizationGarikipati V.N. Srikanth, Zhongjian Cheng, and Raj Kishore8. Therapeutic Application of Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reprogrammed Neurospheres in Spinal Cord Injury of SCIDVikram Sabapathy, Franklin Jebaraj Herbert, and Sanjay Kumar9. Therapeutic Application of Human Wharton Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skin Injury of SCIDVikram Sabapathy, Balasubramanian Sundaram, and Sanjay Kumar10. Isolation, Characterization, and Expansion of Cancer Stem CellsLuke A. Torre-Healy, Artem Berezovsky, and Justin D. Lathia11. Cardiac Progenitor Cell Isolation from Human AuriclesPaolo Di Nardo and Francesca Pagliari12. Isolation and Culture of Satellite Cells from Mouse Skeletal MuscleAntonio Musarò and Silvia Carosio13. Isolation of Stromal Stem Cells from Adipose TissueMaria Prat, Francesca Oltolina, Silvia Antonini, and Andrea Zamperone14. Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Mesencymal Stem Cells as an Individual-Specific and Renewable Source of Adult Stem Cells15. A Simplified and Systematic Method to Isolate, Culture and Characterize Multiple Types of Human Dental Stem Cells from a Single ToothMohammed Bakkar, Younan Liu, Dongdong Fang, Camille Stegen, Xinyun Su, Murali Ramamoorthi, Li-Chieh Lin, Takako Kawasaki , Nicholas Makhoul , Huan Pham , Yoshinori Sumita, and Simon D. Tran16. Measurement of Autophagy by Flow CytometrySilvia Zappavigna, Angela Lombardi, Gabriella Misso, Anna Grimaldi, and Michele Caraglia17. Echocardiography-Guided Intramyocardial Injection Method in a Murine ModelKay Maeda, Rick Seymour, Marc Ruel, and Erik J. Suuronen18. Noninvasive Assessment of Cell Fate and Biology in Transplanted Mesenchymal Stem CellsFederico Franchi and Martin Rodriguez-Porcel19. Methods for Long Term Storage of Murine Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem CellsNiketa Sareen, Ejlal Abu-El-Rub, Glen Lester Sequiera, Meenal Moudgil, and Sanjiv Dhingra20. Therapeutic Application of Adult Stem Cells in the HeartTaylor A. Johnson and Dinender K. Singla21. Patient-Derived and Intra-Operatively Formed Biomaterial for Tissue EngineeringShalmli U. Joshi, Rares O. Barbu, Melissa Carr-Reynolds, Brian Barnes, and Syam P. Nukavarapu22. Three-Dimensional Printed Scaffolds with Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Rabbit Mandibular Reconstruction and Engineering Dongdong Fang, Michael Roskies , Mohamed-Nur Abdallah, Mohammed Bakkar, Jack Jordan, Li-Chieh Lin, Faleh Tamimi, and Simon D. Tran23. Optimal Environmental Stiffness for Stem Cell Mediated Ischemic Myocardium RepairHonghai Liu, Christian Paul, and Meifeng Xu24. Assessment of MiRNA Regulation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mediated AngiogenesisDarukeshwara Joladarashi and Prasanna Krishnamurthy25. Stem Cell Exosomes: Cell Free-Therapy for Organ RepairMohsin Khan and Raj Kishore... Mehr