This updated volume explores the technically challenging study of brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs) with their unique capacity to self-renew, proliferate, and initiate tumor formation.
Universe, Human Species, Reality: A Physicalist Approach describes the functioning of the material universe with the use of intermediate mathematical language.
This up-to-date volume presents a set of differentiation and assay protocols useful to researchers involved in disease modeling, drug discovery, and the cell biology of a variety of tissues.
This up-to-date volume presents a set of differentiation and assay protocols useful to researchers involved in disease modeling, drug discovery, and the cell biology of a variety of tissues.
The rhizosphere, the zone of chemical, biological, and physical influence generated by root growth andactivity, offers a favorable ecological environment for a wide variety of microorganisms and is renownedfor its high level of microbial activity.
These essays-the outgrowth of a symposium sponsored by the University of Kentucky to honor one of its most distinguished graduates, Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Hunt Morgan-provide a representative view of research interests in specific areas of molecular biology.
Immuno-oncology and immunotherapy, Part C, Volume 191 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Extraction and quantification of histones from human cells, Expression and characterization of Phosphatidylserine-targeting antibodies for biochemical and therapeutic applications, ILC differentiation from HSCs in vitro, Methods to expand human Treg cells and assay their function, Monitoring rapid activation of human gamma/delta T cells by multicolor flow cytometry, Methods to induce T cell exhaustion in vitro, Ex vivo assessment of human neutrophil motility and migration, and much more.
Immuno-oncology and immunotherapy, Part C, Volume 191 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Extraction and quantification of histones from human cells, Expression and characterization of Phosphatidylserine-targeting antibodies for biochemical and therapeutic applications, ILC differentiation from HSCs in vitro, Methods to expand human Treg cells and assay their function, Monitoring rapid activation of human gamma/delta T cells by multicolor flow cytometry, Methods to induce T cell exhaustion in vitro, Ex vivo assessment of human neutrophil motility and migration, and much more.
Connective tissue is a multicomponent, polyfunctional complex of cells and extracellular matrix that serves as a framework for all organs, combining to form a unified organism.
Circulating Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Response Prediction in Cancer Patients, Part A, Volume 391 delves into the crucial role of circulating biomarkers in cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
Pathology of the Developing Mouse provides, in so far as feasible, one complete reference on the design, analysis, and interpretation of abnormal findings that may be detected in developing mice before and shortly after birth.
Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment, functional morphology, developmental constraints, phylogeny, and time-all of which shape the evolution of life.
The Immunological Synapse - Part C, Volume 193 in the Methods in Cell Biology series provides state-of-the-art and detailed methods for the study of the T cell, natural killer (NK) cell and B cell immunological synapses.
This timely resource offers extensive discussions on the pharmacological, environmental,endocrinological, and natural factors that alter reproductive or developmental processes-elucidating the effects of toxicants on mechanisms of reproduction.
Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer, Part D, Volume 390 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of hot topics, including Revisiting Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer: Evolving Trends and Translational Implications, Epigenetic Alteration in Cervical Cancer Induced by Human Papillomavirus, Integrative analysis of transcriptome, chromatin accessibility, cell surface antigen in single cell level for AML, Role of miRNAs as epigenetic regulators of immune checkpoints in lung cancer immunity, and much more.
Annual Fishes: Life History Strategy, Diversity, and Evolution is the first comprehensive reference on current knowledge of diverse species that exhibit unique survival strategies and provide important models for basic and applied research.
Animal Models of Disease, Part C, Volume 192 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Characterizing tumor-infiltrating group 1 innate lymphoid cells in PyMT breast tumors, The current models unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the intricate pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease using Zebrafish, Colitis mouse model, Matching model with mechanism: appropriate animal models for studying various aspects of diabetes pathophysiology, Human cancer cells xenografts to assess the efficacy of granulysin-based therapeutics, and much more.
Brain organoids are small stem cell-derived, self-organizing models of specific brain regions that offer researchers new ways to study the human brain.
Brain organoids are small stem cell-derived, self-organizing models of specific brain regions that offer researchers new ways to study the human brain.
The effects of the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) family on bone formation are well documented, but the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta ( isoforms are much less studied.
The goal of this book is to collect methods and protocols for studying cilia in a wide range of different cell types, so that researchers from many fields of biology can start exploring the role of cilia in their own system.
Completely revised and updated, Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology: A Practical Approach, Second Edition draws together valuable information typically scattered throughout the literature, plus some not previously published, into one complete resource.
Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer, Part C, Volume 389 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of hot topics, including Epigenetic biomarkers in breast cancer, Contribution of epigenetics to virus-driven cancer, Cancer metabolism and epigenetics, Technologies for epigenome editing, Epigenetics and cancer stemness, Epigenetic modifications in obesity-associated cancers, Epigenetics in cf microRNA in blood of solid tumors, Integrative analysis of transcriptome, chromatin accessibility, cell surface antigen in single cell level for AML, and more.
The Immunological Synapse - Part C, Volume 193 in the Methods in Cell Biology series provides state-of-the-art and detailed methods for the study of the T cell, natural killer (NK) cell and B cell immunological synapses.
The fourth volume in the Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development series, The Human Brain During the Late First Trimester provides new information about features of the perinatal brain.
Cell Signaling provides undergraduate and graduate students with the conceptual tools needed to make sense of the dizzying array of pathways that cells use to detect, process, and respond to signals from the environment.
"e;What I am offering is a critical overview of ideas about depression, some new, some old, which fall under the discipline of 'evolutionary psychology'(EP).
Recent research has emphasized that socially transmitted information may affect both the gene pool and the phenotypes of individuals and populations, and that an improved understanding of evolutionary issues is beneficial to those working towards the improvement of human health.
This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with updated chapters covering a broader range of tissues and techniques pertaining to stem cell technologies.
This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with updated chapters covering a broader range of tissues and techniques pertaining to stem cell technologies.