Stem Cells Online -- Table of Contents Volume 24, Number 1, 2006

EDITORIAL

Stem Cells Journal: Robust Growth in 2005: Curt I. Civin, Alan M. Gewirtz, Robert G. Hawley, Margaret A. Goodell
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]

A Side Order of Stem Cells: The SP Phenotype: Grant A. Challen, Melissa H. Little
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 3-12; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bone Marrow Lacks a Transplantable Progenitor for Smooth Muscle Type ${alpha}$ -Actin–Expressing Cells: Takafumi Yokota, Yutaka Kawakami, Yoshinori Nagai, Jian-xing Ma, Jen-Yue Tsai, Paul W. Kincade, Sanai Sato
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 13-22; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Effects on Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Proliferation, Migration, and Differentiation: Giancarlo Forte, Marilena Minieri, Paolo Cossa, Daniele Antenucci, Marilena Sala, Viola Gnocchi, Roberta Fiaccavento, Felicia Carotenuto, Paolo De Vito, Patrizia Morena Baldini, Maria Prat, Paolo Di Nardo
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 23-33; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Motor Neuron Degeneration Promotes Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Neurogenesis in the Spinal Cords of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mice: Liying Chi, Yan Ke, Chun Luo, Baolin Li, David Gozal, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Rugao Liu
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 34-43; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Isolation and Angiogenesis by Endothelial Progenitors in the Fetal Liver: Stephanie Cherqui, Sunil M. Kurian, Olivier Schussler, Johannes A. Hewel, John R. Yates, III, Daniel R. Salomon
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 44-54; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Small Peptide Analogue of SDF-1 ${alpha}$ Supports Survival of Cord Blood CD34⁺ Cells in Synergy with Other Cytokines and Enhances Their Ex Vivo Expansion and Engraftment into Nonobese Diabetic/Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice: Karen Li, Carmen Ka Yee Chuen, Shuk Man Lee, Ping Law, Tai Fai Fok, Pak Cheung Ng, Chi Kong Li, Donald Wong, Ahmed Merzouk, Hassan Salari, Goldie Jia-Shi Gu, Patrick Man Pan Yuen
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 55-64; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Very Low O₂ Concentration (0.1%) Favors G₀ Return of Dividing CD34⁺ Cells: Francis Hermitte, Philippe Brunet de la Grange, Francis Belloc, Vincent Praloran, Zoran Ivanovic
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 65-73; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Interactions Between Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Natural Killer Cells: Panagiota A. Sotiropoulou, Sonia A. Perez, Angelos D. Gritzapis, Constantin N. Baxevanis, Michael Papamichail
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 74-85; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Limbal Epithelial Side-Population Cells Have Stem Cell–Like Properties, Including Quiescent State: Terumasa Umemoto, Masayuki Yamato, Kohji Nishida, Joseph Yang, Yasuo Tano, Teruo Okano
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 86-94; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Activation of Canonical Wnt Pathway Promotes Proliferation of Retinal Stem Cells Derived from Adult Mouse Ciliary Margin: Toshihiro Inoue, Tetsushi Kagawa, Mikiko Fukushima, Takeshi Shimizu, Yutaka Yoshinaga, Shinji Takada, Hidenobu Tanihara, Tetsuya Taga
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 95-104; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Is Required for Thrombopoietin-Induced Proliferation of Megakaryocyte Progenitors: A. Lyndsay Drayer, Sandra G. M. Olthof, Edo Vellenga
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 105-114; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Conversion of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wharton’s Jelly to Dopaminergic Neurons In Vitro: Potential Therapeutic Application for Parkinsonism: Yu-Show Fu, Yun-Chih Cheng, Maan-Yuh Anya Lin, Henrich Cheng, Pei-Ming Chu, Shih-Chich Chou, Yang-Hsin Shih, Miau-Hwa Ko, Min-Shan Sung
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 115-124; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Long-Term Proliferation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived Neuroepithelial Cells Using Defined Adherent Culture Conditions: Soojung Shin, Maisam Mitalipova, Scott Noggle, Deanne Tibbitts, Alison Venable, Raj Rao, Steven L. Stice
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 125-138; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Caudal-Related Protein Cdx2 Promotes Trophoblast Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells: Elena Tolkunova, Fatima Cavaleri, Sigrid Eckardt, Rolland Reinbold, Lane K. Christenson, Hans R. Schöler, Alexey Tomilin
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 139-144; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Establishing Standards for the Characterization of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Jeanne F. Loring, Mahendra S. Rao
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 145-150; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Unique Gene Expression Signature by Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cultured Under Serum-Free Conditions Correlates with Their Enhanced and Prolonged Growth in an Undifferentiated Stage: Heli Skottman, Anne-Marie Strömberg, Eija Matilainen, Jose Inzunza, Outi Hovatta, Riitta Lahesmaa
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 151-167; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Reprogram Myeloid Precursors Following Cell–Cell Fusion: Junying Yu, Maxim A. Vodyanik, Ping He, Igor I. Slukvin, James A. Thomson
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 168-176; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lamin A/C Expression Is a Marker of Mouse and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation: Dan Constantinescu, Heather L. Gray, Paul J. Sammak, Gerald P. Schatten, Antonei B. Csoka
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 177-185; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Biological Activities Encoded by the Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transcriptome Provide a Basis for Their Developmental Potential and Broad Therapeutic Efficacy: Donald G. Phinney, Katy Hill, Charles Michelson, Maria DuTreil, Catherine Hughes, Sally Humphries, Robin Wilkinson, Melody Baddoo, Erica Bayly
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 186-198; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

Promoter Dependence of Transgene Expression by Lentivirus-Transduced Human Blood–Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Jia Wei Liu, Gilles Pernod, Sylvie Dunoyer-Geindre, Richard J. Fish, Hong Yang, Henri Bounameaux, Egbert K. O. Kruithof
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 199-208; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2004-0364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Molecular Perspective: c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase: David S. Goodsell
Stem Cells 2006; 24: 209-210; doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-CSC1. [Full Text] [PDF]

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Artist's depiction of an in vitro grown cell clone.