Stem Cell Gateway

Welcome to the BioMed Central Stem Cell Gateway, highlighting the latest articles we have published in the stem cell field. Content is continually updated, so please bookmark this page and ensure you check it regularly.

Articles

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Original investigation

Impaired cardioprotective function of transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells from patients with diabetes mellitus to rats with experimentally induced myocardial infarction

Liu Y, Li Z, Liu T, Xue X, Jiang H, Huang J and Wang H Cardiovascular Diabetology 2013, 12:40 (3 March 2013)
Review

Stem cells: a new paradigm for disease modeling and developing therapies for age-related macular degeneration

Melville H, Carpiniello M, Hollis K, Staffaroni A and Golestaneh N Journal of Translational Medicine 2013, 11:53 (1 March 2013)
Research

Significance of CD133 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Okamoto H, Fujishima F, Nakamura Y, Zuguchi M, Ozawa Y, Takahashi Y, Miyata G, Kamei T et al. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2013, 11:51 (1 March 2013)
Commentary

Adipose-derived stem cells weigh in as novel therapeutics for acute lung injury

Gupta K, Hergrueter A and Owen CA Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013, 4:19 (28 February 2013)
Review

Cancer stem cell contribution to glioblastoma invasiveness

Ortensi B, Setti M, Osti D and Pelicci G Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013, 4:18 (28 February 2013)
Research article

MicroRNA miR-30 family regulates non-attachment growth of breast cancer cells

Ouzounova M, Vuong T, Ancey PB, Ferrand M, Durand G, Le-Calvez Kelm F, Croce C, Matar C et al. BMC Genomics 2013, 14:139 (28 February 2013)
Research

Identification of mouse colony forming endothelial progenitor cells for postnatal neovascularization: a novel insight highlighted by new mouse colony forming assay

Tsukada S, Kwon SM, Matsuda T, Jung SY, Lee JH, Lee SH, Masuda H and Asahara T Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013, 4:20 (28 February 2013)
Research

Measuring global health-related quality of life in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a longitudinal study

Rodday AM, Terrin N and Parsons SK Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2013, 11:26 (26 February 2013)
Commentary

The effectiveness of stem cell therapies on health-related quality of life and life expectancy in comparison with conventional supportive medical treatment in patients suffering from end-stage liver disease

AlZoubi AM and Khalifeh F Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013, 4:16 (25 February 2013)
Review

Tissue transglutaminase as a central mediator in inflammation-induced progression of breast cancer

Agnihotri N, Kumar S and Mehta K Breast Cancer Research 2012, 15:202 (25 February 2013)

News and events

Clinical applications of stem cells

Stem Cell Research & Therapy has published the first articles in a new thematic series on clinical applications of stem cells and is now inviting research submissions for the series. For more information read the introductory editorial from Series Editor Mahendra Rao (National Institutes of Health, USA), or the related blog post.

Cell Regeneration welcomes your best research

Cell Regeneration has published its first set of high quality research articles with BioMed Central. It welcomes novel research articles as well as in depth reviews in modern biology, especially in the field of stem cell and regenerative biology, and regenerative medicine. The journal is supported by Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, which covers APCs for all authors. In the launch issue it presented novel approaches to grow cells in vitro or ideas that may eventually help us to regenerate cell or tissues in vivo. Read more at the launch blog.

Focus on Stem Cells - a new thematic series

The explosion of interest in stem cells, over the past decade or so, in both basic and translational research has encouraged three of BioMed Central's flagship journals, BMC Biology, BMC Medicine and Genome Medicine, to come together to present a series of specially commissioned comment and review articles on stem cell biology and medicine. In this thematic series we aim to highlight some of the most important and topical issues - including recent advances, controversies and challenges in stem cell research, and of course their clinical implications. To supplement the comment and review, relevant original research articles will be added to the series as they are published.