Abstract
Starting from a zygote, an organism is made up of thousands, highly organised stem cells, progenitor cells and postmitotic cells which are generated in spatio-temporally coordinated proliferation and differentiation steps. The ongoing advancements in cell culture, isolation techniques, and molecular analyses have driven our basic understanding of different cell types and led to a broad classification of stem cells. This chapter outlines the most prominent techniques used for the characterization and classification of stem cells and provides an overview of many different stem cells, their function and their mRNA, miRNA and protein content.
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Abbreviations
- ESC:
-
embryonic stem cell
- iPSC:
-
induced pluripotent stem cell
- HSC:
-
hematopoietic stem cell
- TSC:
-
tissue stem cell
- CSC:
-
cancer stem cell
- EPC:
-
endothelial progenitor cell
- SPC:
-
spermtogonial progenitor cell
- HpSC:
-
hepatic stem cell
- NSC:
-
neural stem cell
- BTSC:
-
brain tumor stem cell
- MSC:
-
mesenchymal stem cell
- LT-HSC:
-
long-term hematopoietic stem cell
- ST-HSC:
-
short-term hematopoietic stem cell
- MP:
-
multipotent progenitors
- CMP:
-
common myeloid progenitor
- CLP:
-
common lymphoid progenitor
- MEP:
-
megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor
- GMP:
-
granulocyte-macrophage progenitor
- ErP:
-
erythroid progenitor
- MkP:
-
megakaryocyte progenitor
- RBC:
-
red blood cells
- NK:
-
natural killer
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Bissels, U., Eckardt, D., Bosio, A. (2013). Characterization and Classification of Stem Cells. In: Steinhoff, G. (eds) Regenerative Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5690-8_6
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