Regenerating the Heart, 2011 Stem Cells and the Cardiovascular System Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Series

Regenerating the Heart: Stem Cells and the Cardiovascular System organizes the field into a digestible body of knowledge. Its four sections cover mechanical regeneration, electrical regeneration, cardiac tissues and in vivo stem cell therapies. An array of talented researchers share the fruits of their labors, with chapters covering such crucial issues as the cardiogenic potential of varying stem cell types, the ways in which they might be used to tackle arrhythmias, their possible application to biological replacements for cardiac tissues such as valves, and the varying approaches used in the in vivoevaluation of stem cell therapies, including methods of delivering stem cells to the myocardium.

This comprehensive survey of an area of research with such exciting potential is an invaluable resource both for veteran stem cell researchers who need to monitor fresh developments, and for newly minted investigators seeking inspirational examples.

1. Introduction,  Glenn R. Gaudette & Ira S. Cohen

Section 1: Stem Cells for Regeneration of Mechanical Function  

2. Inducing embryonic stem cells to become cardiac myocytes, Alexander M. Becker, Michael Rubart and Loren J. Field

3. Regenerating function in vivo with myocytes derived from embryonic stem cells, Priya R. Baraniak and Todd C. McDevitt

4. Excitation-contraction coupling, functional properties, autonomic and hormonal regulation in human embryonic stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes, Oshra Sedan and Ofer Binah

5. Embryonic stem cell derivatives for cardiac therapy: advantages, limitations and long term prospects, Michal Weiler-Sagie and Lior Gepstein

6. Methods for Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells into Myocytes, Shinji Makino and Keiichi Fukuda

7. Homing, Survival, and Paracrine Effects of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells, Sergey Doronin

8. Bone marrow cell therapy after myocardial infarction: What have we learned from the clinical trials and where are we going?, Kai C. Wollert

9. Evidence for the existence of resident cardiac stem cells, Isotta Chimenti, Roberto Gaetani, Lucio Barile, Elvira Forte, Vittoria Ionta, Francesco Angelini, Elisa Messina and Alessandro Giacomello

10. Multiple sources for cardiac stem cells and their cardiogenic potential, Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Daniela Cesselli, and Carlo Alberto Beltrami

11. Skeletal muscle stem cells in the spotlight: the satellite cell, Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni and Kenneth Day

12. Regenerating Mechanical Function in vivo with Skeletal Myoblasts, Todd K. Rosengart and Muath Bishawi

13. Methods for inducing pluripotentcy, Raymond L. Page, Christopher Malcuit and Tanja Dominko

14. Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration, Naama Zeevi-Levin and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor

15. Induced Pluripotent Cells for Myocardial Infarction Repair, Timothy J. Nelson and Andre Terzic

Section 2: Stem Cells for Regeneration of Electrical Function       

16. Substrates of cardiac Re-entrant Arrhythmias: the Possible Role of Tissue Regeneration and Replacement,   André G. Kléber

17. Integration of stem cell into the cardiac synsitium: formation of gap junctions, Peter R. Brink, Ira S. Cohen and Richard T. Mathias

18. Bradyarrhythmia therapies: the creation of biological pacemakers and restoring AV node function, Richard B. Robinson

19. Tachyarrhyhmias therapies: approaches to atrial fibrillation and post-infarction ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, J. Kevin Donahue and Kenneth R. Laurita

20. Long term prospects for arrhythmia treatment: advantages and limitations of gene and cell therapies, Michael R. Rosen

Section 3: Regenerating Cardiac Tissues

21. Regenerating Blood Vessels, Tracy A. Gwyther and Marsha W. Rolle

22. Regenerating Heart Valves, Benedikt Weber and Simon P. Hoerstrup

23. Tissue engineering strategies for cardiac regeneration, Amandine F. G. Godier-Furnémont, Yi Duan, Robert Maidhof and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

Section 4: Technial Issues for Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart      

24. Methods of Cell Delivery for Cardiac Repair, Sarah Fernandes and Hans Reinecke

25. Tracking of stem cells in vivo, Yingli Fu and Dara L. Kraitchman

26. Assessing Regional Mechanical Function after Stem Cell Delivery, Jacques P. Guyette and Glenn R. Gaudette

Is inclusive of all stem cell types used for cardiac regeneration, including iPS cells.

Covers regeneration from basic science through clinical trials; from cell to tissue aspects of regeneration; a bench to bedside approach

In addition to mechanical and electrical regeneration (myocytes), this text includes cardiovascular blood vessels and heart valves

Methods for evaluation of the effectiveness of cell therapy in the heart are also presented here

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras