Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human Health and Diseases

Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human Health and Diseases provides a contemporary overview of the fast-moving field of MSC biology, regenerative medicine and therapeutics. MSCs offer the potential to dramatically reduce human suffering from disease. Numerous MSC-based studies are ongoing each year, each offering hope for novel treatments in human disease. This book provides information on MSC application in well-studied human diseases and tissue repair/regeneration and recent advances in their research and treatment. These discoveries are placed within the structural context of tissue and developmental biology in sections dealing with recent advances in our understanding of MSC biology.

Includes insights ranging from MSC biology and development through the derivation and identification and properties of MSCsHelps to identify potential innovative solutions for restoring normal morphogenesis and/or regeneration of diseased organsDiscusses the fact-based promise of MSC therapeutics and regenerative medicine in the real world

1. Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine and Diseases: Hope for Better Human Health 2. Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human Diseases 3. Immunoregulatory Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Application in Immunotherapy 4. Stem Cell Therapies in Ocular Repair: Regeneration and Diseases 5. The Applications of Stem Cell Secretome in Regenerative Medicine 6. Innovation in Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Uses in Therapy 7. Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Fracture Repair and Regeneration 8. Tendon Stem Cells and Their Interaction with Microenvironments 9. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Roles in Osteoarthritis (Joints) Disease 10. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cancer Therapy 11. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Roles in Human Health and Diseases: General Discussion, Conclusion Remark and Future Direction