<p>PHYLOGENY AND ONTOGENY OF TISSUE REGENERATION<br>1. Glomerulogenesis and de novo nephrogenesis in medaka fish - evolutionary approach <br>Yuko Wakamatsu and Hisashi Hashimoto<br>2. Renal Organogenesis: Growing a replacement kidney in situ from transplanted renal primordia <br>Marc R. Hammerman<br>3. Use of Genetic Mouse Models to study Kidney Regeneration <br>Akio Kobayashi<SUP> </SUP>and Jeremy S. Duffield</p> <p>MEDIATORS OF REGENERATION<br>4. Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators in Renal Disease <br>Charles N. Serhan and Catherine Godson<br>5. Tissue protection and regeneration aided by erythropoietin and erythropoietin-derived peptides<br>Danilo Fliser<br>6. Mast cells in kidney regeneration<br>Eric Daugas, Walid Beghdadi<SUP> </SUP>and Ulrich Blank<br>7. Role of macrophages in renal injury, repair and regeneration<br>Vincent Lee, Qi Cao, Yiping Wang and David C.H. Harris<br>8. T-cells contribution to regenerative processes<br>Hamid Rabb</p> <p>STEM CELLS IN REGENERATIVE PROCESSES<br>9. MSC and reparative processes<br>Benjamin D. Humphreys and John V. Bonventre<br>10. Stem cells in regenerative processes: Endothelial progenitor cells and the kidney<br>Matthieu Monge, Anton J. van Zonneveld and Ton J. Rabelink<br>11. The potential of the side population in regenerative nephrology<br>Melissa H. Little and G. A. Challen<br>12. Very small embryonic like stem cells (VSELs) and their potential relevance for kidney homeostasis<br>Dong-Myung Shin, Rui Liu, Janina Ratajczak, Magda Kucia and Mariusz Z. Ratajczak<br>13. Stem Cells in Regenerative Processes; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells <br>Kenji Osafune<SUP> </SUP>and Shinya Yamanaka<br>14. Methods of Isolation and Culture of Adult Stem cells<br>Lindolfo da Silva Meirelles and Nance Beyer Nardi</p> <p>STEM CELLS - FROM THE NICHE TO REPAIR<br>15. Stem cell niche in the kidney <br>Laura Lasagni, Elena Lazzeri and Paola Romagnani<br>16. Creation of artificial niches <br>Glenn D. Prestwich,<SUP> </SUP>Tammer Ghaly, Philip Brudnicki, Brian Ratliff<SUP> </SUP>and Michael S. Goligorsky<br>17. Imaging of transplanted and native stem cells <br>Xiang-Yang Zhu, Martin Rodriguez-Porcel and Lilach O. Lerman</p> <p>CAUSES OF REGENERATIVE FAILURE<br>16. Stem cell injury and premature senescence <br>Michael S. Goligorsky<br>17. Regeneration and Aging: Regulation by Sirtuins and the NAD<SUP>+</SUP> Salvage Pathway<br>Nica M. Borradaile, Alanna Watson, and J. Geoffrey Pickering<br>18. Bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells in organ repair and strategies to optimize their efficacy<br>Christodoulos Xinaris, Barbara Imberti, Giuseppe Remuzzi and Marina Morigi</p> <p>EMERGING CLINICAL ASPECTS OF STEM CELL THERAPY<br>19. Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury with allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Preclinical and initial Clinical Data<br>Florian E. Tögel and Christof Westenfelder<br>20. Clinical trials in Renal Regenerative Medicine<br>Maarten B. Rookmaaker, Jaap A. Joles and Marianne C. Verhaar<br>21. Potential risks of stem cell therapies <br>Uta Kunter and Jürgen Floege<br>22. Tissue engineering in urology <br>Anthony Atala<br>23. Ethical issues in SC therapy <br>Donald W. Landry<br>24. Stem Cell Banking<br>Vicente Mirabet and Pilar Solves</p>
