Principles of tissue engineering / Robert P. Lanza, Robert Langer, William L. Chick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The challenge of tissue engineering, E. Bell et al.

Part 1 The basis of growth and differentiation
2. Organization of cell into higher ordered structures - the role of the epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in the generation and stabilization of embryonic tissues, C.A. Erickson
3. The dynamics of cell-ECM interactions with implications for tissue engineering, M. Martins-Green
4.Matrix molecules and their ligands, B.R. Olsen
5.Illustrations of inductive phenomena - recent developments in mesoderm and neural induction, M.S. Saha
6. Gene expression, cell determination and differentiation, L.W. Browder.

Part II In Vitro - control of tissue development
7. Mechanochemical switching between growth and differentiation by extracellular matrix, D.E. Ingber
8. Animal cell culture, G.H. Sato
9.Regulation of cell behaviour by extracellular proteins, E.H. Sage
10. Growth factors, T.F. Deuel
11.Tissue culture bioreactors - chondrogenesis as a model systems, L.E. Freed, G. Vunjak-Novakovi.

Part 3 In Vivo - synthesis of tissues and organs
12.In Vivo synthesis of tissues and organs, I.V. Yannis.

Part 4 Models for tissues engineering
13. Organotypic and histiotypic models, E. Bell
14.Quantitative aspects of tissue engineering - basic issues in kinetics, transport and mechanics, A.J. Grodzinsky et al.

Part 5 Biomaterials in tissue engineering
15.Using self assembled monolayers to study the interactions of man-made materials with proteins, M.V. Merritt et al
16. Cell interactions with polymers, W.M. Saltzman
17.Matrix effects, J.A. Hubbell
18.Polymer scaffold processing
19.biodegradable polymers for tissue engineering, R. C. Thomson et al.

Part 6 Transplantation of engineered cells and tissues
20.Approaches to transplanting engineered cells and tissues, J.H. Young et al
21.Immunomodulation of Islet transplantation - future prospects, F.T. Thomas, J.M. Thomas
22.Immunoisolation, B.A. Zielinski et al
23.Design Considerations in immunoisolation, E.S. Avgoustiniatos, C.K. Colton.

Part 7 Cardiovascular system
24.Blood vessels, J.I. Zarge et al.
25. Cardiac protheses

Part 8 Cornea
26. Cornea, V. Trinkaus-Randall.

Part 9 Endocrinology: Pancreas, R.P. Lanza, W.L. Chick
27. Endocrinology
28. Parathyroid, A.M. Sun.

Part 10 Gastrointestinal system
29. Tissue engineering neointestine, G.M. Organ, J.P. Vacanti
30. Extracorporal artificial liver support, H.O. Jauregui et al
31. Stem cell/lineage biology and lineage-dependent extracellular matrix chemistry - keys to tissue engineering of Quiescent tissues such as liver, L.M. Reid.

Part 11 Haematopoietic system
32.Red blood cell substitutes based on modified haemoglobin, T.M.S. Chang
33. Lymphocyte engineering, its status of art and its future, U.Chen
34. Tissue engineering of the haematopoietic stem cell, A. Kessinger, G. Sharp.

Part 12 Kidney and genitourinaary system

Part 13: Musculoskeletal system

Part 14: Nervous system

Part 15: Periodontal and dental applications

Part 16: Skin