Preface ....................................................... vii
Expert Commentary: Cell Growth Measurement and Kinetic
Parameters in Cutaneous Melanoma: Is MIB-1
Index a Useful Indicator to Predict Patients
Outcome? .......................................... 1
Pierre Vereecken, Marianne Laporte, Michel
Petein, Bernard Van Den Heule, and
Michel Heenen
Chapter I. Cell Colonization Control by Physical and
Chemical Modification of Materials ................ 5
L.Bačáková and V. Švorčik
Chapter II. The Contribution of Cellular Proliferation
in the Skeletal Muscle Regenerative Response ..... 57
Rita Ferreira, Maria João Neuparth, Rui
Vitorino, Hans-Joachim Appell, Francisco
Amado, and José Alberto Duarte
Chapter III. On the Biological Significance of Tumor Growth ... 89
Raúl A. Ruggiero, Oscar D. Bustuoabad, Paula
Chiarella, Juan Bruzzo and Roberto P. Meiss
Chapter IV. Implication of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine
(ADMA) in Endothelial Cell Growth Process in
Atherosclerosis ................................. 123
Seiji Ueda, Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Kei Fukami,
Ayako Hayashida, Yusuke Kaida, Yoshimi
Takamiya, and Seiya Okuda
Chapter V. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Dependent
Mitogenic Signaling in Normal and Malignant
Mammary Epithelial Cells ........................ 139
Paul W. Sylvester, Sunitha V. Bachawal,
Vikram B. Wali, and Amit B. Shirode
Chapter VI. Regulation of Endothelial Cell Proliferation
by Estrogen in Reproductive Organs .............. 159
Keiichi Matsubara, Yuko Matsubara, Adam G.
King, Jing Zheng, Emiko Abe, Masaharu Ito,
and Ronald R. Magness
Chapter VII. Influence of Rapid Prototyped Scaffolds' Pore
Volume and Shape on Cartilage Regeneration ...... 183
Lorenzo Moroni, Joost R. de Wijn and
Clemens A. van Blitterswijk
Chapter VIII. Transcriptional Regulation of Neurotrophic
Factor in the Process of Neurite Growth
(Review) ........................................ 203
Seyeon Park
Index ......................................................... 219
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