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Core Course # MM 704 (Cellular and Molecular Pathology). Cell cycle (Cell division), Cell-cell interaction, growth and their control Aging Apoptosis Tissue injury and repair mechanisms Cell regenerating potential (Role of Stem Cells) Mediators, modulators and messengers
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Core Course # MM 704 (Cellular and Molecular Pathology) • Cell cycle (Cell division), Cell-cell interaction, growth and their control • Aging • Apoptosis • Tissue injury and repair mechanisms • Cell regenerating potential (Role of Stem Cells) • Mediators, modulators and messengers • Antioxidants in health and disease
Induced differentiation of stem cells by small moleculesStrategies to enhance regenerative potential of stem cells
Small Molecules and Cardiac Differentiation Dexamethasone Ascorbic acid 5-azacytidine Zebularine Retinoic acid Nitric oxide Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO)
Differentiation of the Adult Stem Cells into Cardiac like cells by Small Molecules Zebularine
Differentiation of the Adult Stem Cells into Cardiac like cells by Small Molecules Cardiovasc Ther. 2012 Jun 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2012.00320.x
Differentiation of the Adult Stem Cells into Cardiac like cells by Small Molecules Cardiovasc Ther. 2012 Jun 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2012.00320.x
Differentiation of the Adult Stem Cells into Cardiac like cells by Small Molecules Cardiovasc Ther. 2012 Jun 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2012.00320.x
Cardiovasc Ther. 2012 Jun 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2012.00320.x
Strategies to enhance regenerative potential of stem cells
After Hypoxia Before Hypoxia After Reoxygenation
(b) Genetic Manipulation • e.g. Viral mediated
Engineered MSCs transdifferentiate into CMs Circulation Res. Vol 99, 776-84. 2006
Myocardial infarction Blocked blood vessel Heart Attack Dead muscle Scar tissue
Cell Transplantation Rat Infarction Model in Rats Isolation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from rats Chemical or Genetic Modification Cell Transplantation Functional Studies Histology
References Cardiovasc Ther. 2012 Jun 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1755 5922.2012.00320.x Circulation Res. Vol 99, 776-84. 2006