
The Lung
Description
Key Features
- Provides intensive scientific background and most recent information on cutting edge research to understand respiratory stem cell functions and develop methods to bring stem cells from bench to bedside for different lung diseases
- Analyzes the current state, opportunities, and challenges of innovative technologies and stem cells from bench to bed, including organoids and iPSC-derived alveolar epithelia cell therapy in the lung
- Contains two major sections describing cutting-edge research for understanding stem cell functions and for developing methods specific to the lung
Readership
Researchers and practitioners in: Life Science: Stem Cell Biology Research and Biotechnology; Medicine: Stem Cell Research, Regenerative Medicine; Healthcare: Disease, Medical Education, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine; Engineering: Biomedical Engineering. Graduate and undergraduate students in these fields
Table of Contents
Cutting edge Research on the lung stem cell functions
1. Lung organoid-based modality of lung function, cellular processes and stem cell functions
2. Pulmonary organoid culture system in pulmonary pathology and genetic screeningCutting edge Research on stem cell application in the lung diseases (from bench to bed)
3. Pulmonary organoid culture as innovative test-bed for basic and translational approaches (e.g., disease modeling, drug screening, etc.)
4. Contributions of lung stem cell engineering to disease-specific cell line models and new therapies of lung diseases
5. Preclinical and clinical applications of innovative gene editing technologies (ZFN, TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9 systems) in respiratory diseases
6. iPSCs as an inexhaustible source of disease- or patient-specific stem cell models for lung development, disease and therapy and drug development from bench to bed
7. The gold standard embryonic stem cells in lung repair and diseases
8. Hematopoietic stem cell roles in the treatment of respiratory diseases
9. Clinical potentials of human mesenchymal stem and mesenchymal stromal cells in lung diseases
10. General Discussion, Conclusion Remarks and Future Direction
Product details
- No. of pages: 174
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2021
- Published: June 10, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128212066
- eBook ISBN: 9780128212073