Lung Stem Cells in the Epithelium and Vasculature - Firth, Amy.; Yuan, Jason X.-J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Preface -- Part I: Airway Stem Cell -- Does a Lung Stem Cell Exist? -- Type II Cells as Progenitors in Alveolar Repair -- Stem Cell Niches in the Lung.- Bronchioalveolar Stem Cells in Cancer -- Role of Progenitor Cells Pulmonary Fibrosis and Asthma -- Challenges of Cell Therapy for Lung Disease -- The hope for iPSC in Lung Stem Cell Therapy and Disease Modeling -- Ex Vivo Lung Bioengineering -- Part II: Pulmonary Vasculature Stem Cells -- Endothelial Colony Forming Cells in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Mesothelial Progenitors in Development, Lung Homeostasis and Tissue Repair -- Resident Stem Cells in Epithelial and Vascular Tree Remodel-ing -- Lung microvascular endothelium as a putative progenitor cell niche -- Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Hypoxia Induced Pulmonary Hypertension -- Circulating Fibrocytes in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling -- The Role of Stem Cells in Vascular Remodeling in CTEPH -- Pulmonary Hypertension: A Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis -- Vascular Repair by Endothelial Progenitor Cells -- Modelling PAH with iPSC derived Mesenchymal and Endothelial Cells -- Index.
Keywords: Stem cells; Regenerative medicine; Tissue engineering; Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Stem Cells; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering; Pneumology/Respiratory System