Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, Vol. 111: Genetics of Stem Cells, Part A

Table of Contents

1. WNT Signaling and Cardiac Differentiation
   Michael P. Flaherty, Timothy J. Kamerzell and Buddhadeb Dawn
2. Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Stem Cell Behavior
   Guo-Chang Fan
3. Preconditioning Approach in Stem Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Infarcted Heart
   Khawaja Husnain Haider and Muhammad Ashraf
4. Myocardial Regeneration: The Role of Progenitor Cells Derived From Bone Marrow and Heart
   Xiaohong Wang, Arthur H. L. From and Jianyi Zhang
5. Induced Pluripotent Cells in Cardiovascular Biology: Epigenetics, Promises and Challenges
   Raj Kishore and Eneda Hoxha
6. Roles of MicroRNAs and Myocardial Cell Differentiation
   Tomohide Takaya, Hitoo Nishi, Takahiro Horie, Koh Ono and Koji Hasegawa
7. Induction of Somatic Cell Reprogramming Using the MicroRNA miR-302
   Karen Kelley and Shi-Lung Lin
8. From Ontogenesis to Regeneration: Learning How to Instruct Adult Cardiac Progenitor Cells
   Isotta Chimenti, Elvira Forte, Francesco Angelini, Alessandro Giacomello and Elisa Messina
9. Genetic Modification of Stem Cells for Cardiac, Diabetic and Hemophilia Transplantation Therapies
   M. Ian Phillips and Yao Liang Tang
10. Progenitor Cell Mobilization and Recruitment: SDF-1, CXCR4, a 4-integrin, and c-kit
    Min Cheng and Gangjian Qin
11. Reprogramming of Somatic Cells
    Johnson Rajasingh
12. Cross-talk between the Notch signal and non-coding RNA on the Fate of Stem Cells
    Yaoliang Tang, Yingjie Wang, Lijuan Chen and Neal Weintraub
13. Genetically Manipulated Progenitor/Stem Cells Restore Function to the Infarcted Heart via the SDF-1a/CXCR4 Signaling Pathway
    Yigang Wang and Kristin Luther
14. Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Somatic Cells
    Young-Doug Sohn, Ji Woong Han and Young-sup Yoon