Studies of Pluripotency in Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into all types of cells within the body, thus have great therapeutic potential for regenerative medicine to treat complicated disorders, like Parkinson s disease and spinal cord injury. There will also be many applications in drug development. However, several roadblocks, such as safety issues and low efficiency of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) line derivation need to be resolved before their clinical application. This thesis focuses on these two areas, so as to find methods to overcome the limitation. It covers deriving embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from several different species and reports an efficient system to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and the first iPSC mice in the world. The results in this thesis confirm that somatic cells can be fully reprogrammed with the four Yamanaka factors. In addition, we have found that the Dlk1-Dio3 region can be a potential molecular marker to distinguish the fully reprogrammed iPSCs from partially reprogrammed ones. All of these results will help improve the safety of PSCs in the clinical applications and increase the current low induction efficiency of their production."

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Springer Theses
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Xiaoyang Zhao
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	92
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9401788182
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Developmental biology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General Promotions
LSN:	9401788189
Barcode:	9789401788182

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