Stem Cells in Marine Organisms
Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate tissues, organs and appendages through novel de-differentiation, transdifferentiation, or re-differentiation processes, leading to virtually all three germ layers, including the germline? The positive answers to above questions open a new avenue in stem cell research: the biology of stem cells in marine organisms. It is therefore unfortunate that while the literature on stem cell from terrestrial organisms is rich and expanding at an exponential rate, investigations on marine organisms’ stem cells are very limited and scarce.

By presenting theoretical chapters, overview essays and specific research results, this book summarises the knowledge and the hypotheses on stem cells in marine organisms through major phyla and specific model organisms. The study on stem cells from marine invertebrates may shed lights on mechanisms promoting immunity, developmental biology, regeneration and budding processes in marine invertebrates, body maintenance, aging and senescence. It aims in encouraging a larger scientific community to follow and study the novel phenomena of stem cells behaviours as depicted from the few currently studied marine invertebrates.

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Stem Cells in Marine Organisms
Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate tissues, organs and appendages through novel de-differentiation, transdifferentiation, or re-differentiation processes, leading to virtually all three germ layers, including the germline? The positive answers to above questions open a new avenue in stem cell research: the biology of stem cells in marine organisms. It is therefore unfortunate that while the literature on stem cell from terrestrial organisms is rich and expanding at an exponential rate, investigations on marine organisms’ stem cells are very limited and scarce.

By presenting theoretical chapters, overview essays and specific research results, this book summarises the knowledge and the hypotheses on stem cells in marine organisms through major phyla and specific model organisms. The study on stem cells from marine invertebrates may shed lights on mechanisms promoting immunity, developmental biology, regeneration and budding processes in marine invertebrates, body maintenance, aging and senescence. It aims in encouraging a larger scientific community to follow and study the novel phenomena of stem cells behaviours as depicted from the few currently studied marine invertebrates.

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Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Overview

Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms? Can stem cells from one organism parasitize the soma and/or the germ line of conspecifics? Can differentiated cells in marine organisms be re-programmed to regenerate tissues, organs and appendages through novel de-differentiation, transdifferentiation, or re-differentiation processes, leading to virtually all three germ layers, including the germline? The positive answers to above questions open a new avenue in stem cell research: the biology of stem cells in marine organisms. It is therefore unfortunate that while the literature on stem cell from terrestrial organisms is rich and expanding at an exponential rate, investigations on marine organisms’ stem cells are very limited and scarce.

By presenting theoretical chapters, overview essays and specific research results, this book summarises the knowledge and the hypotheses on stem cells in marine organisms through major phyla and specific model organisms. The study on stem cells from marine invertebrates may shed lights on mechanisms promoting immunity, developmental biology, regeneration and budding processes in marine invertebrates, body maintenance, aging and senescence. It aims in encouraging a larger scientific community to follow and study the novel phenomena of stem cells behaviours as depicted from the few currently studied marine invertebrates.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789048127665
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 10/29/2009
Edition description: 2009
Pages: 371
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

1 Stem Cells: Autonomy Interactors that Emerge as Causal Agents and Legitimate Units of Selection Baruch Rinkevich 1

2 Putative Stem Cell Origins in Solitary Tunicates Edwin L. Cooper 21

3 Cnidarian Interstitial Cells: The Dawn of Stem Cell Research Uri Frank Günter Plickert Werner A. Müller 33

4 Stem Cells in Aquatic Invertebrates: Common Premises and Emerging Unique Themes Yuval Rinkevich Valeria Matranga Baruch Rinkevich 61

5 Stem Cells in Asexual Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates Helen Nilsson Sköld Matthias Obst Mattias Sköld Bertil Åkesson 105

6 Neuroimmune Chemical Messengers and Their Conservation During Evolution George B. Stefano Michel Salzet Enzo Ottaviani 139

7 Regenerating Echinoderms: A Promise to Understand Stem Cells Potential M. Daniela Candia-Carnevali Michael C. Thorndyke Valeria Matranga 165

8 Secondary Mesenchyme Cells as Potential Stem Cells of the Sea Urchin Embryo Francesca Zito Valeria Matranga 187

9 Cell Dynamics in Early Embryogenesis and Pluripotent Embryonic Cell Lines: From Sea Urchin to Mammals Anne-Marie Genevière Antoine Aze Yasmine Even Maria Imschenetzky Clara Nervi Luigi Vitelli 215

10 Regeneration in Hemichordates and Echinoderms Amanda L. Rychel Billie J. Swalla 245

11 Stem Cells in Sexual and Asexual Reproduction of Botryllus schlosseri (Ascidiacea, Tunicata): An Overview Loriano Ballarin Lucia Manni 267

12 Stem Cells, Chimerism and Tolerance: Lessons from Mammals and Ascidians Ayelet Voskoboynik Baruch Rinkevich Irving L. Weissman 281

13 Effect of Bacterial Infection on Stem Cell Pattern in Porifera Werner E.G. Müller Márcio Reis Custódio Matthias Wiens Carla Zilberberg Amélie Châtel Isabel M. Müller Heinz C. Schröder 309

14 Defence Mechanisms and Stem Cells in Holothuria polii and Sipunculus nudus Giuseppina D'Ancona Lunetta 337

Index 369

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