Tissue Engineering

Tissue Engineering: Current Perspectives Eugene Bell, Edit Acknowledgements Contributors 1 Tissue Engineering: An Overview Eugene Bell 1 MATRIX MOLECULES AND THEIR LIGANDS Role of Non-Fibrillar Collagens in Matrix Assemblies Bjorn Reino Olsen, Phyllis A. LiiValle, and Olena Jacenko 3 Elastic Fiber Organization Elaine C Davis and Robert P. Mecham Il USE OF CULTURED CELLS AND THE POTENTIAL OF STEM CELLS for TISSUE RESTORATION 4 Myoblast Mediated Gene Therapy Helen M. Blait, Grace K. Pavlath, and Jyotsna Dhawan Implantation of Cultured Schwann Cells to Foster Repair in Injured Mammalian Spinal Cord Mary Bartlett Bunge, Carlos L. Paino, and Christina Fernandez-Valle 6 Progenitor Cells in Embryonic and Post-Natal Rat Livers, Their Growth and Differentiation Potential Normand Marceaii, Claude Chamberland, Marie-Josie Blouin, Micheline Noel, and Anne Loi-anger III CO-CULTURES, AND OTHERS IN VITRO SYSTEMS FOR PROMOTING DIFFERENTIATION AND TISSUE FORMATION 7 Extracellular Matrix, Cellular Mechanics, and Tissue Engineering Donald Ingber 8 Modulation of Cardiac Growth by Sympathetic Innervation: Differential Response Between Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats Dianne L. Atkins Liver Support Through Hepatic Tissue Engineering Mehmet Toner, Ronald G. Tompkins, and Martin L. Yannush IV PHYSICAL FORCES AS REQUIREMENTS FOR GENE EXPRESSION, GROWTH, MORPHOGENESIS, AND DIFFERENTIATION 10 Evidence for the Role of Physical Forces in Growth, Morphogenesis, and Differentiation Richard Skalak 11 Physical Stress as a Factor in Tissue Growth and Remodelling Yuan-Cheng Fling and Shu-Qian Liu 12 Mechanical Stress Effects on Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Robert M. Nerem, Masako Mitstimata, Thien-v Ziegler, Bradford C Berk, and R. Wayne Alexander 13 Deformation of Chondrocytes Within the Extracellular Matrix of Articular Cartilage Van C Mow and Farshid Guilak 14 Mechanical Stretch Rapidly Activates Multiple Signalling Pathways in Cardiac Seigo Izlimo and Jun-ichi Sadoshima 15 Shear Stress-Induced Gene Expression in Human Endothelial Cells Hsyue-Jen Hsiech, Nan-Qian Li, and John A. Frangos V MATERIALS FOR TISSUE REMODELLING IN VIVO AND IN VITRO 16 Tissue Engineering of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle for Correction of Congenital and Genetic Abnormalities and Reconstruction Following Physical Damage Geoffrey Goldspink 17 Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS): A Biomaterial Conducive to Smart Tissue Remodeling Stephen F Badylak 18 Matrix Engineering: Remodelling of Dense Fibrillar Collagen Vascular Grafts In Vivo Crispin B. Weinberg, Kimberlie D. O'Neil Robert M. Carr, John F. Cavallaro, Bnice A. Ekstein, Palil D. Kemp, Mireille Rosenberg, Jose P. Garcia, Michael Tantillo, and Shiiki-i F. Khuri 19 Bioelastic Materials as Matrices for Tissue Reconstruction Dan W. Urty APPROACHES TO ALLOGRAFTING ENGINEERES CELLS AND TISSUES 20 Induction of Immunological Unresponsiveness in the Adult Animal Richard G. Miller 21 "Neutral Allografts" Cultured Allogenic Cells as