Part I Beta-Cell Expansion and Regeneration 1. Pancreas and Islet Development George K. Gittes, Krishna Prasadan, and Sidhartha Tulachan 2. Islet and Pancreas Transplantation Davide Mineo, Gaetano Ciancio, George W. Burke, Rodolfo Alejandro, and Camillo Ricordi 3. Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Pancreatic Beta Cells Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, George Harb, Esra Karsiloglu, Karen K. Takane, and Andrew F. Stewart 4. Islet Regeneration Xiaobo Xu, Joke D’Hoker, Nico De Leu, Xiangwei Xiao, Yves Heremans, Mark Van De Casteele, and Harry Heimberg 5. Beta-Cell Expansion in Vitro Shimon Efrat Part II Beta Cells from Non-beta Cells 6. What Does It Take to Make a Beta Cell? Gordon C. Weir and Susan Bonner-Weir 7. Generation of Beta Cells from Acinar Cells Luc Baeyens, Ilse Rooman, and Luc Bouwens 8. Generation of Beta Cells from Pancreatic Duct Cells and/or Stem Cells Susan Bonner-Weir and Arun Sharma 9. Adult Cell Reprogramming: Using Nonpancreatic Cell Sources to Generate Surrogate Beta Cells for Treatment of Diabetes Irit Meivar-Levy, Vered Aviv, and Sarah Ferber 10. Embryonic Stem Cells as a Potential Cure for Diabetes Michael A. Bukys and Jan Jensen Part III Tissue Engineering and Immune Protection 11. Functional Tissue Reconstruction with the Use of Biologic Scaffolds Stephen F. Badylak, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, and Thomas W. Gilbert 12. Immunoisolation in Cell Transplantation Riccardo Calafiore and Giuseppe Basta 13. Prevention of Islet Graft Rejection and Recipient Tolerization Eitan M. Akirav and Kevan C. Herold Index
