Stem Cells: Further Reading & Selected References

Some articles can be found online at:
www.pubmed.com and www.bmn.com

General:

Anderson, D.J., F.H. Gage and I.L. Weissman. 2001. Can stem cells cross lineage boundaries? Nat Med 7:393-395.

Bruijn, L.I. 2002. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Disease Mechanisms to Therapies. BioTechniques 32: 1112-1121.

Holden, C. and Vogel, G. 2002. Plasticity: Time for a Reappraisal? Science 296: 2126-2129.

Orkin, S.H. and Morrison, S.J. 2002. Stem-cell Competition. Nature 418: 25-27.

Embryonic Stem Cells:

Thomson, J. et al., 1998. Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts. Science, 282: 1145-1147.

Wichterle, H., Lieberman, I., Porter, J.A. and Jessell, T.M. Directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells into motor neurons.

Kim, J.-H., Auberbach, J.M., Rodriguez-Gomez, J.A., Velasco, I., Gavin, D., Lumelsky, N., Lee, S.-H., Nguyen, J., Sanchez-Pernaute, R., Bankiewicz, K., McKay, R. 2002. Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease.

Zang, S.C., Wernig, M., Duncan, I.D., Brustle, O., and Thomson, J.A. 2001. In vitro differentiation of transplantable neural precursors from human embryonic stem cells. Nat. Biotechnol, 19, 1129-1133.
view site http://ntp.neuroscience.wisc.edu/faculty/fac-art/zhangb.pdf

Adult Stem Cells:
Alvarez-Buylla, A. 1992. Neurogenesis and plasticity in the CNS of adult birds. Experimental Neurology, 115:110-114.

Alvarez-Buylla, A. and J.M. Garcia-Verdugo. 2002. Neurogenesis in adult subventricular zone. Journal of Neuroscience, 22:629-634.

Brazelton, T.R., F.M. Rossi, G.I. Keshet and H.M. Blau. 2000. From marrow to brain: expression of neuronal phenotypes in adult mice. Science, 290:1775-1779.
view site http://www.euchromatin.org/Brazelton1.htm

Clarke, D.L., C.B. Johansson, J. Wilbertz, B. Veress, E. Nilsson, H. Karlstrom, U. Lendahl and J. Frisen. 2000. Generalized potential of adult neural stem cells. Science, 288:1660-1663.
view site  http://neuroregeneration.org/Frisen.pdf

Gage, F.H. 2002. Neurogenesis in the adult brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 22:612-613.

Goodell, M.A., K.A. Jackson, S.M. Majka, T. Mi, H. Wang, J. Pocius, C.J. Hartley, M.W. Majesky, M.L. Entman, L.H. Michael and K.K. Hirschi. 2001. Stem cell plasticity in muscle and bone marrow. Ann N Y Acad Sci 938:208-218; discussion 218-220.

Differentiation of Endogenous Stem Cells:
Magavi, S.S. and J.D. Macklis. 2001. Manipulation of neural precursors in situ: induction of neurogenesis in the neocortex of adult mice.