About the Book
Part I: Introduction
1. RNAi Technique in Stem Cell Research: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Gang-Ming Zou
2. RNAi and MicroRNA-Mediated Gene Regulation in Stem Cells
Alexander K. Murashov
Part II: RNA Interference
3. Forward RNAi Screens in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Roman Galeev, Christine Karlsson, Aurélie Baudet, and Jonas Larsson
4. Silencing of ATP11B by RNAi-Induced Changes in Neural Stem Cell Morphology
Jiao Wang, Qian Wang, Fangfang Zhou, Dong Wang, and Tieqiao Wen
5. High-Efficiency Transfection of Glioblastoma Cells and a Simple Spheroid Migration Assay
Carsten Hagemann, Diana Amend, Almuth F. Kessler, Thomas Linsenmann, Ralf-Ingo Ernestus, and Mario Löhr
6. Construction and Application of Random dsRNA Interference Library for Functional Genetic Screens in Embryonic Stem Cells
Xiaoxing Cheng and Rui Jian
7. Efficient Depletion of Essential Gene Products for Loss-of-Function Studies in Embryonic Stem Cells
Soizik Berlivet, Isabelle Hmitou, Hélène Picaud, and Matthieu Gérard
8. Regulation and/or Repression of Cholinergic Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells Using RNAi Directed Against Transcription Factor L3/Lhx8
Takayuki Manabe and Akio Wanaka
9. A Recessive Genetic Screen for Components of the RNA Interference Pathway Performed in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Melanie I. Trombly and Xiaozhong Wang
10. RNAi Knockdown of Ape1 Gene in the Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Gang-Ming Zou, Jieqing Yu, Cynthia LeBron, and Yumei Fu
11. An Efficient Transfection Method for Differentiation and Cell Proliferation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Jun-Yang Liou, Bor-Sheng Ko, and Tzu-Ching Chang
12. Implanting Glioblastoma Spheroids into Rat Brains and Monitoring Tumor Growth by MRI Volumetry
Mario Löhr, Thomas Linsenmann, Anna Jawork, Almuth F. Kessler, Nils Timmermann, György A. Homola, Ralf-Ingo Ernestus, and Carsten Hagemann
13. RNAi-Based Techniques for the Analysis of Gene Function in Drosophila Germline Stem Cells Amelia J. Helms, Danielle S. Finger, Victoria L. Hardy, and Elizabeth T. Ables
14. In Vivo RNAi in the Drosophila Follicular Epithelium: Analysis of Stem Cell Maintenance, Proliferation, and Differentiation
Veit Riechmann
15. A Phenotype-Based RNAi Screening for Ras-ERK/MAPK Signaling-Associated Stem Cell Regulators in C. elegans
Myon-Hee Lee and Dong Suk Yoon
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