InhaltsangabeSection I: Introduction to cell cycle and differentiation Chapter 1: The cell cycle Antonio Giordano, MD, Umberto Galderisi, PhD Chapter 2: Transcription factors and muscle differentiation Ryoichiro Kageyama, PhD Chapter 3: The basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factors in neural differentiation Gerard Cabello, PhD Section II: Stem cells Chapter 4: The Neural Stem Cells Gianvito Martino, MD and Stefano Plachino Chapter 5: Cardiac Stem and Progenitor Cells Ronglih Liao PhD Chapter 6: Muscle Stem Cells Michael A. Rudnicki PhD Chapter 7: Marrow Stromal Mesechymal Stem Cells Bruce A. Bunnell PhD Section III: Cell cycle and differentiation in the nervous system Chapter 8: Neurogenesis in the Central Nervous System: Cell cycle progression / exit and differentiation of neuronal progenitors Rebecca Matsas and Dimitria Thomaidou PhD Section IV: Cell cycle and differentiation in the cardiovascular system Chapter 9: Cell cycle and differentiation in the cardiovascular system W. R. Mac Lellan, PhD Chapter 10: Cell cycle and differentiation in vessels Amalia Forte PhD, Marilena Cipollaro MD and Antonino Cascino PhD Section V: Cell cycle and differentiation in the muscle Chapter 11: Cell cycle regulation in myogenesis Cristina Giacinti, MD and Antonio Giordano, MD