(1) Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, REBIRTH – Center for Regenerative Medicine (OE 6217), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, HBZ…

Fig. 13.1 BOLD parametric map in normal, RAS, RAS+PTRA, and RAS+PTRA+EPC pigs 10 weeks after RAS and 4 weeks after revascularization. Stenotic RAS kidneys show greater distribution of cortical green…

Fig. 19.1 The Rho GTPase cycle of activation and inactivation. Rho GTPases in the inactive GDP-bound conformation can be converted to the active state by the GEF family of proteins….

Fig. 11.1 Schematic illustrating the cellular organization in the human adult lung. (a) The architecture of the proximal airway epithelium in the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. (b) The airway epithelium…

Fig. 16.1 Endogenous neural stem cells and stroke. (a) Stroke invokes a neurobiological response in the affected tissue that is diverse by involving different types of cells, such as astrocytes…

Fig. 6.1 Regulation of the developmental program of satellite cells. (a) Schematic illustrating the myogenic lineage progression. Satellite stem cells are marked by the expression of Pax7, but have never…

Fig. 14.1 Culture and differentiation of ME-LCs. hASCs were obtained from liposuction procedure. These cells were cultured along different stages in diverse media: DMEM-FBS (stage I), DMEM free-serum (stage II),…