Tissue Engineering for Therapeutic Use

Preface (Y. Ikada). Discrepancy in timing of medical needs, research idea, available technology and industry: a 45-years-old lesson from the development of the first bio-artificial liver (M. Hori). Core technologies in tissue engineering and their application to the bioartificial pancreas (A. Sambanis et al.). Therapeutic application of endotherlial progenitor cells for ischemia (O. Masuo, T. Asahara). Bone marrow stromal cells: from the bench to the clinic (A.R. Derubeis et al.). Recent business and scientific trends (A. Suggett). Reconstruction of the knee joint using the total joint regeneration system (N. Tomita et al.). Hematopoietic progenitors and stem cells in skeletal muscle (H. Kawada et al.). Cardiac tissue engineering based on novel cell sheet manipulation techniques utilizing temperature-responsive culture surfaces (T. Shimizu et al.). Development of a packed-bed type bioartificial liver: metabolic performance of a scaled-up reactor utilizing cultured porcine hepatocytes (K. Yanagi et al.). Long-term three-dimensional culture of fetal liver cells to achieve prolonged metabolic functions (H. Miyoshi, T. Ehashi, N. Ohshima). Dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1): a new bone matrix protein (S. Toyosawa et al.). Analysis of hydroxyapatite (HAp) texture in regenerated hard tissues using micro-beam X-ray diffractometer technique (T. Nakano et al.). Effects of nitric oxide on leukocyte behavior in the angiogenic tumor microvessels (C. Miyoshi, E. Taguchi, N. Ohshima). Biomechanical considerations of the design of endovascular stems: effect of coil-pitch on intraluminal flow movement (E. Akagawa, K. Ookawa, N. Ohshima). Double layered co-culture of hepatocytes and endothelial cell sheets by cell-sheet engineering (M. Harimoto et al.). Two-dimensional renal cell-sheet manipulation for a novel bioartificial renal tubule (A. Kushida et al.). Application of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) to oral rehabilitation (E. Marukawa et al.). Measurement of the mechanical properties of regenerated articular cartilage using wavelet transformation (K. Mori et al.). Measurement of the initial Young's modulus for human vascular endothelial cells by atomic force microscopy (H. Sato et al.). Preparation of bio-absorbable silica-phosphate-calcia powders by the sol-gel process and evaluation of their bioreaction (M. Taira, Y. Araki, J.Takahashi). Preparation of hydroxyapatite-based composites by colloidal process (H.Y. Yasuda et al.). Chemical interaction of acids with apatitic substrates (Y. Yoshida, M. Okazaki, B.V. Meerbeek). Effect of static magnetic field on osteoporotic bone (S. Xu et al.). Index of Authors. Keyword Index