Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes - Efrat, Shimon; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2010)
Beta-Cell Expansion and Regeneration -- Pancreas and Islet Development -- Islet and Pancreas Transplantation -- Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Pancreatic Beta Cells -- Islet Regeneration -- Beta-Cell Expansion in Vitro -- Beta Cells from Non-beta Cells -- What Does It Take to Make a Beta Cell? -- Generation of Beta Cells from Acinar Cells -- Generation of Beta Cells from Pancreatic Duct Cells and/or Stem Cells -- Adult Cell Reprogramming: Using Nonpancreatic Cell Sources to Generate Surrogate Beta Cells for Treatment of Diabetes -- Embryonic Stem Cells as a Potential Cure for Diabetes -- Tissue Engineering and Immune Protection -- Functional Tissue Reconstruction with the Use of Biologic Scaffolds -- Immunoisolation in Cell Transplantation -- Prevention of Islet Graft Rejection and Recipient Tolerization.
Keywords: Diabetes; Stem cells; Medicine; Cell biology; Biotechnology; Diabetes; Stem Cells; Medicine/Public Health, general; Cell Biology; Biotechnology