EDITORIAL

STEM CELLS: Some Good News

Curt I. Civin
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 648; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-648. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Human Placenta-Derived Cells Have Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cell Potential

Yumi Fukuchi, Hideaki Nakajima, Daisuke Sugiyama, Imiko Hirose, Toshio Kitamura, Kohichiro Tsuji
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 649-658; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Specific Knockdown of Oct4 and ß2-microglobulin Expression by RNA Interference in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Embryonic Carcinoma Cells

Maryam M. Matin, James R. Walsh, Paul J. Gokhale, Jonathan S. Draper, Ahmad R. Bahrami, Ian Morton, Harry D. Moore, Peter W. Andrews
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 659-668; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Generation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Positive Neurons from Human Embryonic Stem Cells after Coculture with Cellular Substrates and Exposure to GDNF

Kimberley A. Buytaert-Hoefen, Enrique Alvarez, Curt R. Freed
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 669-674; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Study of Telomere Length Reveals Rapid Aging of Human Marrow Stromal Cells following In Vitro Expansion

Melissa A. Baxter, Robert F. Wynn, Simon N. Jowitt, J. Ed Wraith, Leslie J. Fairbairn, Ilaria Bellantuono
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 675-682; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Induction of Tolerance in Quadruple Chimeric Mice

Tian-Xue Fan, Hiroko Hisha, Tie-Nan Jin, Kikuya Sugiura, Muneo Inaba, Guo-Xiang Yang, Qing Li, Xiao-Li Wang, Chang-Ye Song, Yun-Ze Cui, Qiang Li, Yuming Zhang, Xiao-Guang Zhang, Hong-Xue Fan, Susumu Ikehara
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 683-695; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elevation of Platelet Activation Markers and Chemokines during Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest with G-CSF

Shosaku Nomura, Norihito Inami, Shigenori Kanazawa, Toshiji Iwasaka, Shirou Fukuhara
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 696-703; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AC133⁺ G₀ Cells from Cord Blood Show a High Incidence of Long-Term Culture–Initiating Cells and a Capacity for More Than 100 Million-Fold Amplification of Colony-Forming Cells In Vitro

Yvonne J. Summers, Clare M. Heyworth, Erika A. de Wynter, Claire A. Hart, James Chang, Nydia G. Testa
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 704-715; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simultaneous Maintenance of Human Cord Blood SCID-Repopulating Cells and Expansion of Committed Progenitors at Low O₂ Concentration (3%)

Zoran Ivanovic, Francis Hermitte, Philippe Brunet de la Grange, Bernard Dazey, Francis Belloc, Francis Lacombe, Gérard Vezon, Vincent Praloran
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 716-724; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Selective Generation of Different Dendritic Cell Precursors from CD34⁺ Cells by Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-3

Araceli Encabo, Pilar Solves, Emilia Mateu, Pilar Sepúlveda, Francisco Carbonell-Uberos, María Dolores Miñana
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 725-740; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Telomerase Modulation in Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells

Stefan Zimmermann, Stefanie Glaser, Robin Ketteler, Cornelius F. Waller, Ursula Klingmüller, Uwe M. Martens
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 741-749; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exposure of Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Benzene or 1,4-Benzoquinone Induces Gender-Specific Gene Expression

Brenda Faiola, Elizabeth S. Fuller, Victoria A. Wong, Linda Pluta, Diane J. Abernethy, Jason Rose, Leslie Recio
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 750-758; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fetal Immune Suppression as Adjunctive Therapy for In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Nonhuman Primates

Laurence E. Shields, Lakshmi Gaur, Patrick Delio, Jennifer Potter, Aimee Sieverkropp, Robert G. Andrews
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 759-769; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LIF/STAT3 Signaling Fails to Maintain Self-Renewal of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Laurence Dahéron, Sarah L. Opitz, Holm Zaehres, William M. Lensch, Peter W. Andrews, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, George Q. Daley
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 770-778; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Efficient and Safe Xeno-Free Cryopreservation Method for the Storage of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Mark Richards, Chui-Yee Fong, Shawna Tan, Woon-Khiong Chan, Ariff Bongso
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 779-789; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derivation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Day-8 Blastocysts Recovered after Three-Step In Vitro Culture

Miodrag Stojkovic, Majlinda Lako, Petra Stojkovic, Rebecca Stewart, Stefan Przyborski, Lyle Armstrong, Jerry Evans, Mary Herbert, Louise Hyslop, Sajjad Ahmad, Alison Murdoch, Tom Strachan
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 790-797; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Requirement for Neurogenesis to Proceed through the Division of Neuronal Progenitors following Differentiation of Epidermal Growth Factor and Fibroblast Growth Factor-2–Responsive Human Neural Stem Cells

Thor Ostenfeld, Clive N. Svendsen
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 798-811; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Contribution of Bone Marrow–Derived Cells to Skin: Collagen Deposition and Wound Repair

Carrie Fathke, Lynne Wilson, Jonathan Hutter, Vishal Kapoor, Andria Smith, Anne Hocking, Frank Isik
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 812-822; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isolation of a Highly Clonogenic and Multipotential Subfraction of Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow Stroma

Jason R. Smith, Radhika Pochampally, Anthony Perry, Shu-Ching Hsu, Darwin J. Prockop
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 823-831; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inhibition of Growth by p205: A Nuclear Protein and Putative Tumor Suppressor Expressed during Myeloid Cell Differentiation

Jonathan M. Dermott, John M. Gooya, Benyam Asefa, Sarah R. Weiler, Mark Smith, Jonathan R. Keller
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 832-848; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Expression Profiling and Functional Analysis of Wnt Signaling Mechanisms in Mesenchymal Stem Cells

S. Leah Etheridge, Gary J. Spencer, Deborah J. Heath, Paul G. Genever
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 849-860; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

STAT3 Is Dispensable for Maintenance of Self-Renewal in Nonhuman Primate Embryonic Stem Cells

Tomoyuki Sumi, Yasuko Fujimoto, Norio Nakatsuji, Hirofumi Suemori
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 861-872; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FUNDAMENTALS OF CANCER MEDICINE

The Molecular Perspective: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

David S. Goodsell
Stem Cells 2004; 22: 873-874; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-873. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements

Stem Cells 2004; 22: 875; doi:10.1634/stemcells.22-5-875. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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