STEM CELL RESEARCH
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Stem cells possess the remarkable ability to self-renew and to differentiate into numerous specific cell lineages. Due to their critical importance in normal physiology and their potential to be used to develop regenerative therapies for a wide variety of diseases, stem cells have attracted extensive research interest in recent years. This focus features premium articles on stem cells recently published in Cell Research, a new and evolving strength of the journal, and it is a must-read for anyone with an interest in this exciting field
Editorial
A Special Issue on Stem Cell Research FREE
Dangsheng Li and Gang Pei
Cell Res 17: 1–2; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310142
Reviews
Regulation of hematopoiesis and the hematopoietic stem cell niche by Wnt signaling pathways FREE
Michael J Nemeth and David M Bodine
Cell Res 17: 746–758; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.69
Xeno-free derivation and culture of human embryonic stem cells: current status, problems and challenges FREE
Ting Lei, Sandrine Jacob, Imen Ajil-Zaraa, Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Olivier Irion, Marisa Jaconi and Anis Feki
Cell Res 17: 682–688; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.61
Getting the right stuff: Controlling neural stem cell state and fate in vivo and in vitro with biomaterials FREE
Ana I Teixeira, Joshua K Duckworth and Ola Hermanson
Cell Res 17: 56–61; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310141
Thymic epithelial progenitor cells and thymus regeneration: an update FREE
Feng Li, Benjamin Tiede, Joan Massagué and Yibin Kang
Cell Res 17: 50–55; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310114
Nanog and transcriptional networks in embryonic stem cell pluripotency
Promoting human embryonic stem cell renewal or differentiation by modulating FREE
Guangjin Pan and James A Thomson
Cell Res 17: 42–49; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310125
Shp2-mediated molecular signaling in control of embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation FREE
Gen–Sheng Feng
Cell Res 17: 37–41; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310140
Niche regulation of corneal epithelial stem cells at the limbus FREE
Wei Li, Yasutaka Hayashida, Ying-Ting Chen and Scheffer CG Tseng
Cell Res 17: 26–36; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310137
The Drosophila ovary: an active stem cell community FREE
Dániel Kirilly and Ting Xie
Cell Res 17: 15–25; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310123
Beyond tumorigenesis: cancer stem cells in metastasis FREE
Feng Li, Benjamin Tiede, Joan Massagué and Yibin Kang
Cell Res 17: 3–14; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310118
ABC transporters, neural stem cells and neurogenesis – a different perspective FREE
Tingting Lin, Omedul Islam and Klaus Heese
Cell Res 16: 857–871; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310107
Original Articles
Activation of paternally expressed imprinted genes in newly derived germline–competent mouse parthenogenetic embryonic stem cell lines FREE
Hua Jiang, Bowen Sun, Weicheng Wang, Zhihong Zhang, Furong Gao, Guilai Shi, Bing Cui, Xiangyin Kong, Zhao He, Xiaoyan Ding, Ying Kuang, Jian Fei, Yi Juan Sun, Yun Feng and Ying Jin
Cell Res 17: 792–803; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.70
Quantitative and qualitative in vitro analysis of the stem cell potential of hematopoietic cells purified from murine skeletal muscle FREE
Celine Haond, Françoise Farace, Martine Guillier, Yann Lécluse, Frederic Mazurier, William Vainchenker and Ali G Turhan
Cell Res 17: 783–791; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.74
In vitro derivation of functional insulin-producing cells from human embryonic stem cells FREE
Wei Jiang, Yan Shi, Dongxin Zhao, Song Chen, Jun Yong, Jing Zhang, Tingting Qing, Xiaoning Sun, Peng Zhang, Mingxiao Ding, Dongsheng Li and Hongkui Deng
Cell Res 17: 333–344; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.28
Immunosuppressive properties of cloned bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells FREE
Guangwu Xu, Liying Zhang, Guangwen Ren, Zengrong Yuan, Yingyu Zhang, Robert C Zhao and Yufang Shi
Cell Res 17: 240–248; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.4
Anti-apoptotic effect of retinoic acid on retinal progenitor cells mediated by a protein kinase A-dependent mechanism FREE
Roman Kholodenko, Irina Kholodenko, Viktor Sorokin, Anna Tolmazova, Olga Sazonova and Anton Buzdin
Cell Res 17: 151–162; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310147
Nuclear reprogramming: the strategy used in normal development is also used in somatic cell nuclear transfer and parthenogenesis FREE
Tianlong Gao, Junke Zheng, Fengying Xing, Haiyan Fang, Feng Sun, Ayong Yan, Xun Gong, Hui Ding, Fan Tang and Hui Z Sheng
Cell Res 17: 135–150; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.2
Nuclear reprogramming: the zygotic transcription program is established through an "erase-and-rebuild" strategy FREE
Feng Sun, Haiyan Fang, Ruizhen Li, Tianlong Gao, Junke Zheng, Xuejin Chen, Wenqin Ying and Hui Z Sheng
Cell Res 17: 117–134; doi:10.1038/cr.2007.1
Establishment of customized mouse stem cell lines by sequential nuclear transfer FREE
Chunli Zhao, Ruqiang Yao, Jie Hao, Chenhui Ding, Yong Fan, Xiangpeng Dai, Wei Li, Tang Hai, Zichuan Liu, Yang Yu, Yingying Wang, Xiaojun Hou, Weizhi Ji, Qi Zhou, Alice Jouneau, Fanyi Zeng and Liu Wang
Cell Res 17: 80–87; advance online publication, January 9, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310139
Upregulation of Flk-1 by bFGF via the ERK pathway is essential for VEGF-mediated promotion of neural stem cell proliferation FREE
Zhifeng Xiao, Yaxian Kong, Shufa Yang, Meiyu Li, Jinhua Wen and Lingsong Li
Cell Res 17: 73–79; advance online publication, January 9, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310126
Promoting human embryonic stem cell renewal or differentiation by modulating Wnt signal and culture conditions FREE
Liuhong Cai, Zhaohui Ye, Betty Ying Zhou, Prashant Mali, Canquan Zhou and Linzhao Cheng
Cell Res 17: 62–72; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310138
Identification of key genes responsible for cytokine-induced erythroid and myeloid differentiation and switching of hematopoietic stem cells by RAGE FREE
Ling Chen, Hong Zhang, Ying Shi, Kyung L Chin, Delia C Tang and Griffin P Rodgers
Cell Res 16: 923–939; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310115
Differentiation profile of brain tumor stem cells: a comparative study with neural stem cells FREE
Quan Bin Zhang, Xiao Yan Ji, Qiang Huang, Jun Dong, Yu De Zhu and Qing Lan
Cell Res 16: 909–915; doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310104
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