Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine: Introduction

Chiba S. ; Iwasaki Y. ; Sekino H. ; Suzuki N. Transplantation of motoneuron-enriched neural cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells improves motor function of hemiplegic mice. Cell Transplant. 12: 457–468; 2003.

Furukawa K. S. ; Suenaga H. ; Toita K. ; Numata A. ; Tanaka J. ; Ushida T. ; Sakai Y. ; Tateishi T. Rapid and large-scale formation of chondrocyte aggregates by rotational culture. Cell Transplant. 12: 475–479; 2003.

Furuya H. ; Kimura T. ; Murakami M. ; Katayama K. ; Hirose K. ; Yamaguchi A. Revasucularization and function of pancreatic islet isografts in diabetic rats following transplantation. Cell Transplant. 12: 537–544; 2003.

Gámez E. ; Ikezaki K. ; Fukui M. ; Matsuda T. Photoconstructs of nerve guidance prosthesis using photoreactive gelatin as a scaffold. Cell Transplant. 12: 481–490; 2003.

Nonaka H. ; Ise H. ; Sugihara N. ; Hirose S. ; Negishi N. ; Kondo Y. ; Akaike T. Development of highly functional long-term culture method of liver slice embedded in agarose gel for bioartificial liver. Cell Transplant. 12: 491–498; 2003.

Saito A. ; Saito E. ; Kawanami M. ; Shimada A. Healing in transplanted teeth with periodontal ligament cultured in vitro. Cell Transplant. 12: 519–525; 2003.

Sakurai T. ; Satake A. ; Nagata N. ; Gu Y. ; Hiura A. ; Doo-Hoon K. ; Hori H. ; Tabata Y. ; Sumi S. ; Inoue K. The development of new immunoisolatory devices possessing the ability to induce neovascularization. Cell Transplant. 12: 527–535; 2003.

Shibata N. ; Watanabe T. ; Okitsu T. ; Sakaguchi M. ; Takesue M. ; Kunieda T. ; Omoto K. ; Yamamoto S. ; Tanaka N. ; Kobayashi N. Establishment of an immortalized human hepatic stellate cell line to develop antifibrotic therapies. Cell Transplant. 12: 499–507; 2003.

Suzuki A. ; Nakauchi H. ; Taniguchi H. In vitro production of functionally mature hepatocytes from prospectively isolated hepatic stem cells. Cell Transplant. 12: 469–473; 2003.

Wei J. P. ; Zhang T. S. ; Kawa S. ; Aizawa T. ; Ota M. ; Akaike T. ; Kato K. ; Konishi I. ; Nikaido T. Human amnion-isolated cells normalize blood glucose in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Cell Transplant. 12: 545–552; 2003.

Yazawa M. ; Ogata H. ; Nakajima T. ; Mori T. ; Watanabe N. ; Handa M. Basic studies on the clinical applications of platelet-rich plasma. Cell Transplant. 12: 509–518; 2003.