TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 18, Issue S1 (August 2008)
Plenary Session 2 |
Concurrent Session 1 |
Concurrent Session 2 |
Concurrent Session 3 |
Poster Session 1 |
Plenary Session 3 |
Plenary Session 4 |
Concurrent Session 4 |
Concurrent Session 5 |
Concurrent Session 6 |
Poster Session 2 |
Plenary Session 5 |
Plenary Session 6
Plenary Session 1
Human pluripotent stem cell research: Past, present and future FREE
John Gearhart
Cell Res 18: S1-S1; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.91
Histocompatible embryonic stem cells FREE
George Q Daley
Cell Res 18: S2-S2; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.92
Our experiences in cloning and ES cell research, from murine, livestock to primates FREE
Qi Zhou
Cell Res 18: S3-S3; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.93
Transcription factor-induced epigenetic reprogramming FREE
Konrad Hochedlinger
Cell Res 18: S4-S4; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.94
A chemical approach to stem cell biology FREE
Sheng Ding
Cell Res 18: S5-S5; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.95
Plenary Session 2
The cell biology of embryonic stem cells FREE
Duanqing Pei
Cell Res 18: S6-S6; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.96
Function and molecular mechanism of a nucleolar protein LYAR in embryonic stem cells FREE
Beibei Wang, Hui Li, Rui Lu and Ying Jin
Cell Res 18: S7-S7; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.97
Human embryonic stem cells as a research model for human biology and diseases FREE
Linzhao Cheng
Cell Res 18: S8-S8; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.98
Stem cells, small RNAs, and self-renewal FREE
Haifan Lin
Cell Res 18: S9-S9; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.99
Concurrent Session 1
Regulation of haemopoietic stem cells by OPN is mediated by specific interactions with 
4
1 and 91 integrins FREE
DN Haylock, M Storan, J Grassinger, B Williams, GA Whitty, T Uede and SK Nilsson
Cell Res 18: S10-S10; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.100
Potential of stem-cell-based therapies for liver regeneration FREE
Yunfang Wang, Junnian Zhou, Haiyun Pei, Yue Teng, Min Wang, Yali Jia and Xuetao Pei
Cell Res 18: S11-S11; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.101
Stem cell therapy in cardiovascular diseases FREE
Hung-Fat Tse
Cell Res 18: S12-S12; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.102
A unique subpopulation of lung cells which function as pulmonary stem cells and as preferential target for SARS and H5N1 virus FREE
John Yu
Cell Res 18: S13-S13; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.103
Potential roles of STAT3 in control of differentiation of hematopoietic and neuronal progenitors FREE
Xin-Yuan Fu, Wen-Jun Zhang, Scott Cooper, Giao Hangoc, Akira Moh and Hal E Broxmeyer
Cell Res 18: S14-S14; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.104
The interaction between mesenchymal stem cells and the immune system FREE
Guangwen Ren, Guangwu Xu, Liying Zhang, Yingyu Zhang, Xin Zhao, Arthur Roberts and Yufang Shi
Cell Res 18: S15-S15; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.105
Genetic modulation of self renewal factors for induced reprogramming of somatic cells FREE
Holm Zaehres, Jeong Tae Do, Nishant Singhal, Natalia Tapia, Dong Wook Han and Hans Schöler
Cell Res 18: S16-S16; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.106
A new approach to generate tailed-sperm and oocytes in vitro from the same mouse embryonic stem cells FREE
Lixin Feng
Cell Res 18: S17-S17; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.107
Telomere reprogramming early in development and cloning FREE
Lin Liu, Maja Okuka, Chao Li, Lingjun Zhou, Chao Wu, David L Keefe and Xiangzhong Yang
Cell Res 18: S18-S18; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.108
Concurrent Session 2
Id proteins sustain Hes1 expression to maintain neural stem cells FREE
Ge Bai, Nengyin Sheng, Zhihui Xie, Wei Bian, Yoshifumi Yokota, Robert Benezra, Ryoichiro Kageyama, Francois Guillemot and Naihe Jing
Cell Res 18: S19-S19; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.109
Zebrafish models for transcriptional regulation in development and stem cell differentiation FREE
Shannon Fisher
Cell Res 18: S20-S20; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.110
Epigenetic regulation and reprogramming: from embryos, to cloned embryos and to embryonic stem cells FREE
Fanyi Zeng
Cell Res 18: S21-S21; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.111
Nuclear reprogramming—the experiment and mechanism FREE
Dayuan Chen, Feng Li, Zhenfu Fang, Feng Sun, Junke Zheng, Tianlong Gao, Haiyan Fang, Ruizhen Li, Fengying Xing, Ayong Yang and Hui Z Sheng
Cell Res 18: S22-S22; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.112
Human parthenogenetic stem cells FREE
Ge Lin and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S23-S23; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.113
Improved development of parthenotes after TSA treatment might be linked to changes in nuclear organisation FREE
WE Maalouf, V Brochard, Z Liu, P Debey, D Zink and N Beaujean
Cell Res 18: S24-S24; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.114
Cloned embryos of different disease genes by somatic cell nuclear transfer FREE
Jianyuan Li, Xuexia Liu, Haiyan Wang, Wenting Wang, Shouxin Zhang, Yanwei Wang, Fujun Liu and Xuebo Wang
Cell Res 18: S25-S25; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.115
Germ cells, origin of somatic stem cells? FREE
Karim Nayernia
Cell Res 18: S26-S26; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.116
Concurrent Session 3
A conserved role of Shp2 in regulation of human and mouse ES cell differentiation FREE
Dongmei Wu, Yuhong Pang, Yuehai Ke, Zhao He and Gen-Sheng Feng
Cell Res 18: S27-S27; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.117
Generation of pancreatic islet cells and progenitor cells from embryonic stem cells FREE
Wei Jiang, Song Chen, Yan Shi, Mingxiao Ding and Hongkui Deng
Cell Res 18: S28-S28; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.118
FGF, BMP, and TGF signaling together control human embryonic stem cell fates FREE
Ren-He Xu
Cell Res 18: S29-S29; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.119
TGF-/activin/nodal signal regulates the fate of human embryonic stem cells FREE
Zhao Wu, Wei Zhang and Lei Xiao
Cell Res 18: S30-S30; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.120
A method for lifelong genetic manipulation of regenerating hepatocytes in mouse FREE
Kirk J Wangensteen, Andrew Wilber, Vincent W Keng, Yixin Chen, Ilze Matise, Laura Wangensteen, Clifford J Steer, R Scott McIvor, David A Largaespada, Xin Wang and Stephen C Ekker
Cell Res 18: S31-S31; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.121
Viable interspecies chimeras created by injection of Apodemus embryonic stem cells into Mus blastocysts FREE
Andy Peng Xiang, Frank Fuxiang Mao, Donghyun Park, Bao-Feng Ma, Wei-Qiang Li, Tao Wang, Tammy W Vallender, Eric J Vallender, Li Zhang, Jaehyun Lee, John A Waters, Xiu-Ming Zhang, Xin-Bing Yu, Shu-Nong Li and Bruce T Lahn
Cell Res 18: S32-S32; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.122
Derivation and characterization of new Chinese human embryonic stem cell lines with normal and abnormal karyotypes FREE
Xiaofang Sun, Yifei Yin, Yonghua Jiang, Xiaolin Long, Hongzi Du, Wenhong Zhang, Xinjie Chen, Weihua Wang and Guohong Xiao
Cell Res 18: S33-S33; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.123
A defined, feeder-independent medium for human embryonic stem cell culture FREE
Chris Lannon, Jennifer Moody, Debbie King, Terry Thomas, Allen Eaves and Cindy Miller
Cell Res 18: S34-S34; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.124
Poster Session 1
Two active X Chromosomes and methylation of the imprinted gene in human parthenogenetic embryonic stem cell line FREE
Xiaofang Sun, Shaorong Gao, Xiaolin Long, Yifei Yin, Yonghua Jiang, Wenhong Zhang, Yuhong Zheng, Hongzi Du, Huangsheng Chang, Weiqiang Liu, Weihua Wang and Guohong Xiao
Cell Res 18: S35-S35; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.125
Knock-down Nanog gene expression by siRNA affects the differentiation of cardiomyocytes in P19 cell FREE
Lei Lei, Lin Dou and Huayan Wang
Cell Res 18: S36-S36; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.126
Human embryonic stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons reverse functional deficit in Parkinsonian rats FREE
Zhi-Jian Zhang, Dali Yang, Michael Oldenburg, Melvin Ayala and Su-Chun Zhang
Cell Res 18: S37-S37; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.127
Culture and characterization of presumptive embryonic stem cell line isolated from New Zealand White rabbit embryos FREE
Payungsuk Intawicha, Yao-Wen Ou, Su-Chun Zhang, Hong-Lin Su, Hwa-Fen Guu, Ming-Jer Chen, Kun-Hsiung Lee and Jyh-Cherng Ju
Cell Res 18: S38-S38; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.128
Efficient isolation inner cell mass from blastocysts by improved microsurgical technique FREE
Yan Ding, Yi Gan, Jing Bo Feng, Shao Hua Qi, Rui Ming Li and Dong Sheng Li
Cell Res 18: S39-S39; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.129
LIF gene transfected human embryonic lung fibroblasts serve as candidate feeder cells for maintenance of human embryonic germ cells FREE
Fangfei Li and Yaping Wang
Cell Res 18: S40-S40; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.130
Serum free culture and characterization of human embryonic germ cells FREE
JinLian Hua, Hai-sheng Yu, Sheng Liu and Zhongying Dou
Cell Res 18: S41-S41; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.131
Derivation of two human embryonic stem cell lines form discarded blastocysts and maintained in conditioned media from human foreskin fibroblasts feeder cells without serum FREE
Yonghua Jiang, Xiaofang Sun, Xiaolin Long, Hongzi Du, Xinjie Chen, Yifei Yin, Shengchang Huang, Weihua Wang and Guohong Xiao
Cell Res 18: S42-S42; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.132
Expression of the nuclear receptor tailless is required for generation and maintenance of adult neural stem cells and participates in brain tumor generation FREE
Hai-Kun Liu and Günther Schütz
Cell Res 18: S43-S43; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.133
Survival and amplification of germ like cells isolated from mouse ES cell formed embryoid bodies in recipient seminiferous tubules FREE
Guanghui Cui, Weiwei Zheng, Chao Zhang, Xin Guo, Jie Qin, Zhiming Cai and Xigu Chen
Cell Res 18: S44-S44; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.134
Epidermal growth factor promotes proliferation of chicken germ cells (PGCs) and differentiation potency of embryoid bodies derived from PGCs FREE
Yanqun Wu, Chutian Ge and Caiqiao Zhang
Cell Res 18: S45-S45; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.135
Cells differentiated from mouse embryonic stem cells express renal marker molecules following co-cultured with fetal renal cells FREE
Li-Xing Zhang, Yang Wang, An Xie, Yuan-Lei Lou and Yu-Xia Liu
Cell Res 18: S46-S46; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.136
Short-term treatment with retinoic acid prevents spontaneous differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells FREE
Rong Wang, Ji Liang, Hui-Mei Yu, He Liang, Ang Guo, Hui Jiang, Yi-Jun Shi, Lian-Ju Qin and Huang-Tian Yang
Cell Res 18: S47-S47; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.137
Therapeutic effect of human umbilical cord blood cells on diebetic mice FREE
Fang-ting Zhang, Hui-juan Wan, Jing Ye, Jie Yu, Xia Long, Mei-jun Yin and Jia-zhi Fang
Cell Res 18: S48-S48; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.138
SPARC support the expansion of cord blood stem cells in vitro FREE
Lamei Cheng, Xuan Sun, Jingpeng Guo and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S49-S49; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.139
The expression of BMP4 during the hematopoiesis of human yolk sac FREE
Yuesi Wang, Hui Xu, Jianyuan Li, Haiyan Wan and Shaohua Jin
Cell Res 18: S50-S50; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.140
Transplantation of bone marrow regenerative cells after 5-Fu treatment in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia FREE
Jie Ma, Yi Li and Chong-Gong Zhang
Cell Res 18: S51-S51; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.141
Gene expression during the differentiation of bone marrow stem cells into cardiomyocytes FREE
Xiaohong Li, Xiyong Yu, Zhixin Shan, Qiuxiong Lin, Jiuchang Zhong, Yongheng Fu, Wei Huang, Min Yang and Shuguang Lin
Cell Res 18: S52-S52; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.142
Regulation of embryonic stem cell fate by heparan sulfate proteoglycans FREE
Victor Nurcombe, Torben Helledie and Simon M Cool
Cell Res 18: S53-S53; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.143
Stem cell hierarchy in dorsal aorta FREE
Bing Liu, Hui-Yu Yao, Yu Lan, Xiao-Yan Wang, Xiao Yang and Ning Mao
Cell Res 18: S54-S54; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.144
GDNF gene-modified mesenchymal stem cells promote functional recovery in the rat traumatic brain injury model FREE
Shiu-Min Cheng, Ming-Hong Tai, Shiau-Min Hwang and Fu-Chou Cheng
Cell Res 18: S55-S55; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.145
Flt3 ligand expanded bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering FREE
Chang M Guo, Kelly YW Chan, Philip Cheang, Kam M Hui, Ivy AW Ho and Paula YP Lam
Cell Res 18: S56-S56; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.146
The fusion of somatic cells and human embryonic stem cells by electrofusion method FREE
Lili Du, Jianjun Peng, Ge Lin and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S57-S57; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.147
Colcemid-treated heifer cytoplasts improved in vitro and in vivo cloned embryo development FREE
Guang-Peng Li, Chunling Bai, Ying Liu and Shorgan Bou
Cell Res 18: S58-S58; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.148
Mesenchymal stem cells regulate maintenance of neural stem cells through VEGFR2 and Notch signaling pathways FREE
Zhifeng Deng, Zhumin Liu, Wei Tu, Yang Wang and Yuanlei Lou
Cell Res 18: S59-S59; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.149
High efficient differentiation of (embryonic) stem cells into cardiac myocytes: introduction of a new inducer FREE
Lin Miao, Min Wang, Wenxuan Yin and Guangju Ji
Cell Res 18: S60-S60; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.150
Hair follicle development from human mesenchymal cell with asymmetric distribution of polarity molecules FREE
Min-Juan Wu and Hou-Qi Liu
Cell Res 18: S61-S61; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.151
Co-culture with cardiomyocytes induces mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into cardiomyocyte-like cells and express heart development-associated genes FREE
Junyi Zeng, Yang Wang, Yunfeng Wei, An Xie, Yuanlei Lou and Mei Zhang
Cell Res 18: S62-S62; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.152
Improvement of cognitive functions attributed to the implantation of donor bone marrow-derived primary cd45-cd11b- cells to ischemic hippocampus in a mouse stroke model FREE
Gang Lu, Kam Sze Tsang, Shu Pan Fong, Yuan Yuan Li, Xian Lun Zhu, Ho Keung Ng and Wai Sang Poon
Cell Res 18: S63-S63; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.153
Deriving clinically compliant mescenchymal stem cells (MSC) from differentiated human ESCs and elucidating MSC paracrine proteome FREE
Qizhou Lian, Siu Kwan Sze, Dominique PV de Kleijn, Elia Lye, Eileen Khia Way Tan, Teck Yew Low, Chuen Neng Lee, Eng Hin Lee, Bing Lim and Sai Kiang Lim
Cell Res 18: S64-S64; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.154
Antitumor effect of Interferon-beta cDNA engineered human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to prostate cancer in vitro FREE
Gongxian Wang, Yian Zhan, Yang Wang, HongLin Hu and Haiming Sang
Cell Res 18: S65-S65; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.155
The experimental study of repairing cutaneous deficiency by transplanting the compound of mesenchymal stem cells and PLGA porous foam scaffolds FREE
Gongxian Wang, Yang Wang, Weipeng Liu and Yian Zhan
Cell Res 18: S66-S66; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.156
The experimental study on the migration of human mesenchymal stem cells and prostate cancer FREE
Gongxian Wang, Yang Wang, HongLin Hu and Yian Zhan
Cell Res 18: S67-S67; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.157
The treatment of myocardial infarction through bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation combined with neonatal rat's cardiomyocytes FREE
Xinqun Xu, Yang Wang, Yunfeng Wei, Menghong Wang, Zhiliang Zhang, Jun Huang, Junyi Zeng and Guoqiu Ying
Cell Res 18: S68-S68; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.158
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells orthotopictransplantation reverse diabetes FREE
Furong Li, Caihong Chang, Hanxin Zhou and Feili Gong
Cell Res 18: S69-S69; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.159
Patterning stem cells: What we learn from the feather regeneration model FREE
Ting Xin Jiang, Zhi Cao Yue, Ping Wu and Cheng Ming Chuong
Cell Res 18: S70-S70; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.160
Treatment of refractory systemic sclerosis with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation FREE
Lingyun Sun, Huayong Zhang, Fei Gu, Xuebing Feng, Hui Zhao and Zhongchao Han
Cell Res 18: S71-S71; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.161
Corneal epithelial changes following reconstruction by transplantation of limbal stem cells in goats with total limbal stem cell deficiency FREE
Shengli Mi, Zhongying Dou, Qingmei Zhao, Xueyi Yang, Lei Qu, Shuming Chen and Jinlian Hua
Cell Res 18: S72-S72; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.162
Reconstruction of corneal epithelium with cryopreserved corneal limbal stem cells in a goat model FREE
Shengli Mi, Zhongying Dou, Qingmei Zhao, Xueyi Yang, Lei Qu, Shuming Chen and Jinlian Hua
Cell Res 18: S73-S73; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.163
Characterization of growth and differentiation of goat limbal adult stem cells in vivo and ex vivo FREE
Shengli Mi, Zhongying Dou, Qingmei Zhao, Xueyi Yang, Lei Qu, Shuming Chen and Jinlian Hua
Cell Res 18: S74-S74; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.164
Transplantation of ex vivo expanded stem cell amniotic sheet for ocular surface reconstruction FREE
Shengli Mi, Zhongying Dou, Qingmei Zhao, Xueyi Yang, Lei Qu, Shuming Chen and Jinlian Hua
Cell Res 18: S75-S75; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.165
Induced differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells towards retinal ganglion precursor cells FREE
Xuerong Sun, Jian Ge, Ruzhang Jiang, Shan Duan, Ge Song, Yongheng Duan, Bingqian Liu and Yuehong Zhang
Cell Res 18: S76-S76; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.166
Creation of monkey/mouse xenograft animal model for the research on epidermal stem cell plasticity FREE
Ruzhang Jiang, Bing Huang, Bingqian Liu and Xuerong Sun
Cell Res 18: S77-S77; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.167
Identification of tumorigenic retinal stem-like cells in human solid retinoblastomas FREE
Xiufeng Zhong, Jian Ge, Yongping Li and Bing Huang
Cell Res 18: S78-S78; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.168
Ocular surface reconstruction with suspended limbal stem cells delivered by sutureless fixated amniotic membrane patch FREE
Bingqian Liu, Jian Ge, Zhichong Wang, Xuerong Sun and Ruzhang Jiang
Cell Res 18: S79-S79; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.169
Effects of bone marrow-derived stem cells on necrotic and apoptotic cell death induced by renal ischemia-reperfusion in rats FREE
Yang Wang, Zhi Jian Wang, Gong Xian Wang and An Xie
Cell Res 18: S80-S80; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.170
The evaluation of a novel bone marrow stem cell based silk sling on rat model of stress urinary incontinence FREE
Xiao Hui Zou, Xiao Chen, Hang Mei Jin, Lin Lin Wang, Yi Ying Qi and Hong Wei Ouyang
Cell Res 18: S81-S81; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.171
Management of artery occlusion with autologous stem cells FREE
Hak Chol Ri, Yong Jun Pak, Kyong Su Son, Song Zu An, Chang Ryong Pak, Chol Ung Ri, Chol Nam Pak and Dae Chol Ri
Cell Res 18: S82-S82; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.172
Ex vivo expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells and identification of mammary gland epithelial stem cells FREE
Chengcheng Zhang
Cell Res 18: S83-S83; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.173
Transplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells improved diabetic peripheral neuropathy FREE
Hong Bo Sun, Sheng Mei Xia, Yun Li, Yan Zhao, Wei Wei Li, Hong Li, Jing Wang, Zhou Wang, Xin Min Ding, Mei Wang and Ming Zhe Han
Cell Res 18: S84-S84; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.174
A novel tumor cell line cloned from mutated human embryonic skeletal muscle cells FREE
Li-ye Yang, Qiang Chen, Tian-hua Huang, Wenyu Li, Jia-kun Zheng and Ge Huang
Cell Res 18: S85-S85; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.175
NUMB mediates the interaction between Wnt and Notch to modulate primitive erythropoietic specification from the hemangioblast FREE
Xin Cheng, M Cristina Nostro, Tara L Huber, Paul Gadue and Gordon M Keller
Cell Res 18: S86-S86; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.176
Plenary Session 3
Significant induction of embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiating into functional hepatocytes FREE
Fuming Li, Chenhuan Xu, Yangfang Li, Xiaojing Pan, Xiaowen Lv, Xiaoyan Ding, Yiping Hu and Xin Wang
Cell Res 18: S87-S87; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.177
Extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms regulating adult mammalian neural stem cells and neurogenesis FREE
Hongjun Song
Cell Res 18: S88-S88; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.178
Asymmetric cell division and stem-cell homeostasis FREE
Weimin Zhong
Cell Res 18: S89-S89; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.179
Plenary Session 4
Hematopoietic stem cells and the endosteal niche FREE
Toshio Suda
Cell Res 18: S90-S90; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.180
Stem cells, niche, and zones FREE
Linheng Li
Cell Res 18: S91-S91; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.181
Molecular regulation of normal and leukaemic human haemataopoeitic stem cells FREE
Tariq Enver
Cell Res 18: S92-S92; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.182
Inseparable relationships between stem cells and the niche: a case study in Drosophila FREE
Ting Xie
Cell Res 18: S93-S93; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.183
Concurrent Session 4
Stem cell fate outcomes modulated by the CDK inhibitors FREE
Tao Cheng
Cell Res 18: S94-S94; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.184
Negative regulator of stem cell-based bone marrow regeneration FREE
Huili Lu, Wenwei Mao, Shunying Zhu, Lan Qian, Zhonghui Zhang, Mingyuan Wu, Qun Wang and Wei Han
Cell Res 18: S95-S95; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.185
From pluripotent stem cell to adipocyte FREE
Qi-qun Tang, Xi Li and Hai-yan Huang
Cell Res 18: S96-S96; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.186
F3/contactin subfamily and the differentiation of neural stem cells FREE
Zhi-cheng Xiao
Cell Res 18: S97-S97; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.187
The role of focal adhesion kinase in mammary stem cell and tumorigenesis FREE
Ming Luo, Tamas Nagy and Jun-Lin Guan
Cell Res 18: S98-S98; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.188
Enrichment of putative human epidermal stem cells based on cell size and collagen type IV adhesiveness FREE
Juxue Li, Chenglin Miao, Weixiang Guo, Liwei Jia, Jiaxi Zhou, Baohua Ma, Sha Peng, Shuang Liu, Yujing Cao and Enkui Duan
Cell Res 18: S99-S99; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.189
Bone marrow stromal cell survival, migration, and differentiation following acute and delayed transplantation into the moderately contused adult rat thoracic spinal cord FREE
R D S Nandoe Tewarie, A Hurtado, J A Grotenhuis and M Oudega
Cell Res 18: S100-S100; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.190
Distinct roles of integrins 6 and 4 in fetal liver hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell homing FREE
Hong Qian, Elisabeth Georges-Labouesse, Alexander Nyström, Anna Domogatskaya, Karl Tryggvason, Sten Eirik W Jacobsen and Marja Ekblom
Cell Res 18: S101-S101; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.191
Concurrent Session 5
Regulation of Ca2+ signaling during differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes and neuronal cells FREE
Huangtian Yang, Huimei Yu, Ji-Dong Fu, Jun Li, Rong Wang, Ji Liang, Ang Guo, Jing Wen, Wan-Hua Shen, Shumin Duan and Kenneth R Boheler
Cell Res 18: S102-S102; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.192
Cardiac tissue regeneration: From protein engineering, gene therapy to human embryonic stem cells FREE
Ronald Li
Cell Res 18: S103-S103; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.193
Control differentiation of embryonic stem cell to specific lineages FREE
Debiao Zhao, David Hay, Judy Fletcher, Zoe Hewitt, Doris McLean, James Black, Alai Urruticoechea-Uriguen, Cliff Elcombe, James Ross, Roland Wolf and Wei Cui
Cell Res 18: S104-S104; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.194
A network among TGF1/activin/nodal, FGF and Wnt pathways cooperate to maintain pluripotency and self-renew of rabbit embryonic stem cells FREE
Shufen Wang and Weizhi Ji
Cell Res 18: S105-S105; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.195
Molecular control of pluripotency and germ line competency in chicken embryonic stem cells FREE
F Lavial, H Acloque, E Bachelard, G Montillet, A Nieto, J Samarut and B Pain
Cell Res 18: S106-S106; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.196
Genetic modification of ES cells to develop endoderm and islet progenitors FREE
Pei Wang, Ryan Rodriguez, Xueying Gu and Seung Kim
Cell Res 18: S107-S107; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.197
Sequential roles of BMP-4, VEGF and FGF-2 in generation of CD34+ vascular progenitor cells from human embryonic stem cells under animal product-free condition FREE
Hao Bai, Kang Chen, Melanie Arzigian and Zack Z Wang
Cell Res 18: S108-S108; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.198
Transcription factor directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into the pancreatic endocrine lineage FREE
Qing Le Liang, Xiao Xun Wang, Xiao Fei Yan, Li Jun Yang, Dong Qi Tang and Dong Sheng Li
Cell Res 18: S109-S109; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.199
Isolation and characterization of human skin-derived precursors FREE
An Xie, Yang Wang, Li-Xing Zhang, Yuan-Lei Lou and Yu-Xia Liu
Cell Res 18: S110-S110; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.200
Concurrent Session 6
Engineered embryonic stem cells for regnerative nedicine FREE
J Hescheler
Cell Res 18: S111-S111; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.201
Treatment of refractory systemic sclerosis with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation FREE
Lingyun Sun, Huayong Zhang, Fei Gu, Xuebing Feng, Hui Zhao and Zhongchao Han
Cell Res 18: S112-S112; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.202
Biology and therapy of adult human brain stem cells FREE
Jianhong Zhu, Yiwen Shen, Luping Chen and Helen L Zhang
Cell Res 18: S113-S113; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.203
Dermal fibroblasts, an old population in new environments FREE
Wen Jie Zhang, Wei Liu, Lei Cui, Guang Dong Zhou and Yilin Cao
Cell Res 18: S114-S114; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.204
Perspectives of stem cell research in ophthalmology FREE
Jian Ge
Cell Res 18: S115-S115; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.205
Dexamethasone treatment during the expansion phase sustains stemness of mesenchymal stem cells from human bone marrow FREE
Yanling Xiao, Victor Peperzak, Linda van Rijn, Jannie Borst and Joost de Bruijn
Cell Res 18: S116-S116; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.206
Characterization of hematopoietic precursor cell Flt3R/CD164 expression and capacity of colonization formation from different human hematopoietic tissues FREE
Hsiao-Nan Hao, Yongtai Zhang, Jane Zhao, Guotong Xu and Yanyun Zhang
Cell Res 18: S117-S117; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.207
The biological effect of human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells expressing B7H4 FREE
Xueguang Zhang and Xiying Luan
Cell Res 18: S118-S118; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.208
Bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation for heart diseases: mechanisms and applications FREE
Chun-Yan Zhou
Cell Res 18: S119-S119; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.209
Poster Session 2
Isolation and characterization of mouse embryonic stem cell line by parthenogenesis FREE
Shumin Yu, Xinrong Yan, Dongmei Chen, Huayan Wang and Zhongying Dou
Cell Res 18: S120-S120; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.210
The comparison of human embryonic stem cells cultured in feeder-containing culture system and feeder-free culture system FREE
Shuwei Luo, Ge Lin and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S121-S121; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.211
The influences of two different hemopoietic supporting stromal cells on the differentiation of hemopoietic cells from human embryonic stem cells FREE
Huiping Zhao, Haijun Zhao, Ge Lin, Bin Luo, Le Tang, Di Zhou, Tiancheng Liu and Guang-Xiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S122-S122; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.212
Tumor progression in aberrant karyotypic human embryonic stem cells derived from long term suboptimal culture FREE
Sheng Yang, Ge Lin and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S123-S123; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.213
Mitomycin C cause chromosome change of human embryonic stem cells FREE
Di Zhou and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S124-S124; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.214
Conditioned medium of endothelial cells promotes the endothelial and hematopoietic differentiation of embryonic stem cells FREE
Xuan Sun, Lamei Cheng and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S125-S125; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.215
Several questions in differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to endothelial cells FREE
Xuan Sun, Lamei Cheng and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S126-S126; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.216
Determination of gene expression changes of USPIO-labeling on embryonic stem cells FREE
Ka-Wing Au, Yau-Chi Chan and Hung-Fat Tse
Cell Res 18: S127-S127; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.217
Functional consequences of over-expressing the gap junction Cx43 in the cardiogenic potential of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells FREE
Jennifer C Moore, Suk-Ying Tsang, Camie W Y Chan and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S128-S128; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.218
Ectopic expression of systemic RNA interference defective protein (SID-1) in embryonic stem cells: Implications for high-throughput gene screening FREE
Jennifer C Moore, Suk Ying Tsang, Rika Van Huizen, Camie WY Chan and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S129-S129; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.219
Non-invasive, label-free spectroscopic separation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and their cardiac derivatives FREE
James W Chan, Deborah K Lieu, Thomas Huser and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S130-S130; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.220
Functional sarcoplasmic reticulum for calcium-handling of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: Insights for driven maturation FREE
Jing Liu, Ji-Dong Fu, Chung-wah Siu and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S131-S131; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.221
Driven maturation of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes confers post-transplantation safety FREE
Ji-Dong Fu, Hung-fat Tse, Chung-Wah Siu, Jennifer C Moore, Deborah K Lieu, Song-Yan Liao, Wing-Hon Lai, Valeriy Timofeyez, Ning Li, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S132-S132; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.222
An inducible transgene expression system for regulated phenotypic modification of human embryonic stem cells FREE
Ji-Dong Fu, Camie WY Chan and Ronald A Li
Cell Res 18: S133-S133; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.223
Derivation, characterization and directed differentiation of a new human embryonic stem cell line from a Chinese blastocyst hatched by a non-contact laser system FREE
Rongrong Wu, Chenming Xu, Liangbiao Chen, Xiaoli Zhao, Xing Yao, Licheng Dai, Fan Jin and Ming Zhang
Cell Res 18: S134-S134; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.224
Growth and differentiation of embryoid bodies derived from nouse embryonic stem cells FREE
Jie Qin, Xin Guo, Jianrong Zhang, Guanghui Cui, Yaoting Gui and Zhiming Cai
Cell Res 18: S135-S135; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.225
Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells induced into neuronlike cells by sodium ferulate FREE
Zhifeng Deng, Wei Tu, Yang Wang and Yuanlei Lou
Cell Res 18: S136-S136; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.226
Co-transplantation of ES cells and bone marrow stromal cells for spinal cord injury suppresses tumor development FREE
Ryousuke Matsuda, Masahide Yoshikawa, Hajime Kimura, Yukiteru Ohji, Hiroyuki Nakase, Shigeaki Ishizaka and Toshisuke Sakaki
Cell Res 18: S137-S137; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.227
Study on inhibitive action of bone marrow stromal cells transplantation on immunologic reaction of experimental allergic neuritis FREE
Yanhong Yin and Guozhong Li
Cell Res 18: S138-S138; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.228
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans regulate the growth, differentiation and migration of multipotential neural precursor cells through integrins signaling pathway FREE
Wenli Gu, Saili Fu, Yanxia Wang, Ying Li, Hezuo Lü and Peihua Lu
Cell Res 18: S139-S139; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.229
Genetic and functional comparison of primitive CD34+ leukemic cells that reside in the marrow compartment and in circulation FREE
Alice MS Cheung, Howard CH Chow, Yok Lam Kwong, Raymond Liang and Anskar YH Leung
Cell Res 18: S140-S140; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.230
The study of Jak2 V617F mutation in polycythemia vera with zebrafish model FREE
Alvin CH Ma, Alice MS Cheung, Alister C Ward, Wing-Yan Au, Yok-Lam Kwong, Raymond Liang and Anskar YH Leung
Cell Res 18: S141-S141; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.231
Ex vivo expansion of umbilical cord blood HSCs by supporting of osteblasts under low oxygen condition FREE
Guofeng Zhao, Tianqing Liu and Kedong Song
Cell Res 18: S142-S142; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.232
Fetal porcine mesenchymal stem cells nuclear transfer and isolation of embryonic stem cells-like derived from cloned blastocysts FREE
XM Xu, JL Hua, ZM Gao, AM Lei, XL Ma, CR Yang, JY Shi W Huang, JZ Fan and ZY Dou
Cell Res 18: S143-S143; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.233
Trichostatin A improved epigenetic modifications of transgenic cells but did not improve subsequent cloned embryo development FREE
Xia Wu, Hai-quan Yu, Guang-Peng Li and Shorgan Bou
Cell Res 18: S144-S144; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.234
Fetal hepatocyte stimulate differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells into hepatocytes in vitro FREE
Yuanmei Che, Yang Wang and Yi Zhang
Cell Res 18: S145-S145; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.235
Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to neural progenitor cells and neurons on human feeder cells FREE
Ding Yuan, Pingyuan Xie, Ge Lin and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S146-S146; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.236
Sodium ferulate induces bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into neural cells by NF-
B signal pathway FREE
Yuanlei Lou, Yang Wang, Xianliang Lai and Zhifeng Deng
Cell Res 18: S147-S147; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.237
Neural lineage development of rhesus monkey embryonic stem cells: Insight of neurogenesis and gliogenesis in vitro FREE
Hongwei Chen, Yu Mao, Bin Li, Qiang Wei, Jinhuan Wang, Jianhong Wang, Shufen Wang, Tao Tan, Xiuzhen Zhang, Jian Li, Yuanye Ma and Weizhi Ji
Cell Res 18: S148-S148; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.238
Differentiation of rabbit embryonic stem cells into trophoblast stem cell FREE
Tan Tao, Shihuang Yang, Jing Zhang, Shufeng Wang, Xianghui Tang and Weizhi Ji
Cell Res 18: S149-S149; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.239
Gene expression profiling of islet-like clusters differentiated from rat pancreatic stem cells in vitro FREE
Lisha Li, Furong Li and Shuangquan Gao
Cell Res 18: S150-S150; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.240
Cardiogenesis-related gene expression during adipose mesenchymal stem cells differentiating into cardiomyocyte FREE
Yong Guo, Xi-zheng Zhang, Yan Wei, Chun Guo, Rui-xin Li, Xiao-ying Xu and Yong-hong Zhang
Cell Res 18: S151-S151; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.241
Transplantation of marrow stromal cells to rescue retinal cells in SI-induced retinal degeneration in rats FREE
Yuan Guan, Lu Cui, Yuanyuan Gong, Caihong Xia, Naihe Jing, Yalan Wu, Chunliang Li, Hua Jiang, Xiaomin Zhong, Xingwei Wu, Weiye Li and Guo-Tong Xu
Cell Res 18: S152-S152; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.242
Immunological purification of rat precartilaginous stem cells and constuction of the immortalized cell strain FREE
Shuwei Zhang, Fengjing Guo, Hongbo You, Hui Liao, Xuebi Tian, Dengxin Song, Feng Gao and Anmin Chen
Cell Res 18: S153-S153; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.243
Limited regeneration but functional preservation of hematopoietic stem cells in the mice developing leukemia via constitutive expression of notch1 FREE
Xiaoxia Hu, Hongmei Shen, Hui Yu, Feng Xu, Jianmin Wang and Tao Cheng
Cell Res 18: S154-S154; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.244
Therapeutic effect of hepatocyte growth factor-secreting mesenchymal stem cell in established rat liver fibrosis model FREE
Myung-Deok Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Hyun-Young Cha, Seunghun Jang, Dayoung Chang, Jongwock Yang, Bok-Nam Park, Joon-Kee Yoon, Wook-Hwan Kim, Haeyoung Suh-Kim and Jae-Ho Lee
Cell Res 18: S155-S155; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.245
Multipotential character of nestin-positive cells differentiated from adult mouse pancreatic islets FREE
Li Li, Lili Ren, Hui Qi and Furong Li
Cell Res 18: S156-S156; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.246
Clonal analysis of neural stem cells grown in a novel polymeric hydrogel FREE
Kun Qu and Sohail Ahmed
Cell Res 18: S157-S157; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.247
Chronological change of gene expression during the transdifferentiation from human amniotic epithelial cells to pancreatic endocrine cells in vitro FREE
Jian Wang, Lin Peng, Xiao Liu and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S158-S158; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.248
IGF-1 reduces the apoptosis of endothelial progenitor cells induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein by the suppressing caspasse-3 activity FREE
Yonggang Wu, Qiru Wang, Lamei Cheng, Jian Wang, Xuan Sun and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S159-S159; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.249
Angiotensin II induced the apoptosis of the endothelial progenitor cells by the caspase-3 FREE
Yonggang Wu, Qiru Wang, Lamei Cheng, Jian Wang, Xuan Sun and Guangxiu Lu
Cell Res 18: S160-S160; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.250
Isolation, cultivation and characterization of human somatic stem cells from adult skin, adipose tissue and bone marrow FREE
U Riekstina, I Cakstina, R Muceniece, G Jankovskis and J Ancans
Cell Res 18: S161-S161; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.251
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells modulate autogeneic and allogenic regulatory T cells proliferation derived from patients with systemic lupus erythematosis FREE
You Sun, Fengshan Zhang and Zhiyi Zhang
Cell Res 18: S162-S162; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.252
Isolation and identification of hepatic progenitor cells from uninjured adult mouse liver FREE
Hongshan Wang, Lujun Song, Juan Liu, Xiaodong Gao, Rui Shen, Weixin Niu and Xinyu Qin
Cell Res 18: S163-S163; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.253
Adipose tissue-derived stem cell expansion on collagen/chitosan scaffolds in bioreactor FREE
Yanxia Zhu, Tianqing Liu, Kedong Song, Xiubo Fan, Lili Jiang, Xuehu Ma and Zhanfeng Cui
Cell Res 18: S164-S164; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.254
Adipose-derived stem cell: A better stem cell than BMSC FREE
Yanxia Zhu, Tianqing Liu, Kedong Song, Xiubo Fan, Xuehu Ma and Zhanfeng Cui
Cell Res 18: S165-S165; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.255
Albumin-producing hepatocytes derived from non-parenchymal liver cells of F344 rats in analbuminemic rat livers FREE
Xia Yan, Mitsuhiro Inagaki, Jun Arikura and Shinichi Kasai
Cell Res 18: S166-S166; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.256
Molecular and cellular characterization during chondrogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells in vitro and cartilage formation in vivo FREE
Yunfeng Lin, En Luo, Xizhe Chen, Lei Liu, Zhengbin Yan, Zhiyong Li, Wei Tang, Xiaohui Zheng and Weidong Tian
Cell Res 18: S167-S167; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.257
F344-derived bone marrow cells restore injured liver with retrors ine poisoning and partial hepatectomy in analbuminemic rats FREE
Biao Zhang, Bojian Jiang, Mitsuhiro Inagaki, Yan Xia and Shinichi Kasai
Cell Res 18: S168-S168; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.258
Hypoxic culture and expansion of mesenchymal stem cells in airlift loop hollow fiber membrane bioreactor FREE
Xiangqin Li, Tianqing Liu, Kedong Song, Xuehu Ma and Zhanfeng Cui
Cell Res 18: S169-S169; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.259
Effects of hypoxia on rat mesenchymal stem cells FREE
Xiaoli Li, Lei Yang, Tianqing Liu, Xuehu Ma and Zhanfeng Cui
Cell Res 18: S170-S170; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.260
Plenary Session 5
Human embryonic stem cells and clinical applications FREE
Alan Colman
Cell Res 18: S171-S171; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.261
Human ESC: Model for brain development and repair FREE
S-C Zhang
Cell Res 18: S172-S172; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.262
Pancreatic progenitor cells from the islets of diabetic monkey models FREE
Chunlin Zou, Zeyu Wang and Alex Zhang
Cell Res 18: S173-S173; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.263
Regulation of radial glial cells in the mouse brain by the Pax6-Sox2-EGFR pathway FREE
Qikuan Hu, Lirong Zhang, Jinhua Wen and Lingsong Li
Cell Res 18: S174-S174; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.264
Establishment of stem cell bank in China FREE
Guo-Tong Xu
Cell Res 18: S175-S175; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.265
Plenary Session 6
Ethical issues in stem cell research and treatment FREE
Jeremy Sugarman
Cell Res 18: S176-S176; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.266
Publishing in high-profile journals FREE
Deborah J Sweet
Cell Res 18: S177-S177; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.267
How to get published in Nature FREE
Natalie DeWitt
Cell Res 18: S178-S178; doi:10.1038/cr.2008.268
