Stem Cells and Cancer in Hepatology: From the Essentials to Application

Stem Cells and Cancer in Hepatology: From the Essentials to Application offers basic scientists and clinicians in the fields of stem cells, hepatology and oncology an overview of the interaction between liver biology, stem cells and cancer. It discusses how the liver performs regeneration and repair, the role stem cells play in these processes, and the mechanisms by which liver cancers are initiated and developed. As the field of stem cells and cancer stem cells in hepatology is new and dynamic, thus making it difficult for researchers and clinicians to understand the most relevant historic and novel studies, this volume addresses that challenge. Addresses both the basic and clinical perspectives of the topic, including sections on normal and cancer stem cells of the liverProvides coverage of the molecular mechanisms of liver development, the proliferation of hepatic progenitor cells during development, epithelial cell plasticity, generation of hepatocytes by transdifferentiation, liver tissue engineering, and morePresents a study of hepatic stem cells that will help readers understand critical events during development, stem cell differentiation towards functional liver cell fate, and tumor initiation INDICE: 1. Molecular mechanisms of liver development: lessons from knockout mice and mutant fish2. The regulation of proliferation and maturation of hepatic progenitor cells during liver development3. Plasticity of liver epithelial cells in healthy and injured livers4. Stem cells in the intestine and liver and the organ size control5. Generation of hepatocytes by transdifferentiation6. Reconstitution of liver tissue with engineered multicellular spheroids7. Role of platelet, blood stem cell and thrombopoietin in liver regeneration and liver diseases8. Stem cells in the hepato-biliary system and in the development of cancer9. Stem cells in the chronically injured livers and the interaction with their environment10. The stem cells in liver cancers and the controversial11. Characteristics and clinical significance of Liver Cancer Stem Cells

• ISBN: 978-0-12-812301-0
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 406
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés