Mammalian Development: Networks, Switches, and Morphogenetic Processes

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Preface
I. GENOME, EPIGENOME, PROTEOME AND CELL SIGNALING
Summary Janet Rossant

1. Pluripotency in the Embryo and in Culture
Jennifer Nichols and Austin Smith
2. Genomic Imprinting and Epigenetic Control of Development
Andrew Fedoriw, Joshua Mugford, and Terry Magnuson
3. MicroRNAs as Developmental Regulators
Kathryn N. Ivey and Deepak Srivastava
4. Proteomic Analysis of stem cell differentiation and early development
Christine Mummery, Dennis van Hoof, and Jeroen Krijgsveld
5. Signaling in Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis
Albert Basson

II. MORPHOGENETIC PROCESSES
Summary W. James Nelson

6. Branching Morphogenesis: From Cells to Organs and Back
Amanda Ochoa-Espinosa and Markus Affolter
7. Polarity in Mammalian Epithelial Morphogenesis
Julie Roignot, Xiao Peng, and Keith E. Mostov
8. Cell Division Modes and Cleavage Planes of Neural Progenitors during Mammalian Cortical Development
Fumio Matsuzaki and Atsunori Shitamukai
9. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: General Principles and Pathological Relevance with Special Emphasis on the Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases
Paola Nistico, Mina J. Bissell, and Derek C. Radisky
10. Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Segregation &\'1d boundary formation in development & tumorigenesis
Eduard Batile and David G. Wilkinson
11. The Synchrony and Cyclicity of Developmental Events
Yumiko Saga
12. Intercellular Interaction, Position, and Polarity in Establishing Blastocyst Cell Lineages and Embryonic Axes
Robert Stephenson, Janet Rossant, and Patrick Tam
13. Morphogenesis of the Early Mouse Embryo: Making Way through Cell Dynamics
Jaime A. Rivera-Perez and Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

III. SIGNALS AND SWITCHES IN LINEAGE SPECIFICATION, TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION AND ORGANOGENESIS
Summary Patrick P.L. Tam

14. Hematopoiesis
Timm Schroeder and Michael A. Rieger
15. Primordial Germ Cells in Mice
Mitinori Saitou and Masashi Yamaji
16. Signals and Switches in Neural Crest Cell Differentiation
Shachi Bhatt, Raul Diaz, and Paul A. Trainor
17. Molecular Control of Neurogenesis: A View From the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex
Ben Martynoga, Daniela Drechsel, and Francois Guillemot
18. Development and Homeostasis of the Skin Epidermis
Panagiota A. Sotiropoulou and Cedric Blanpain
19. Adipogensis
Kelesha Sarjeant and Jacqueline M. Stephens
20. Blood and Lymphatic Vessel FormationOrgans that form Networks
Victoria L. Bautch and Kathleen M. Caron
21. Building Muscle: Molecular Regulation of Myogenesis
C. Florian Bentzinger, Yu X. Wang, and Michael A. Rudnicki
22. Development of the Endochondral Skeleton
Faxin Long and David M. Ornitz
23. Signaling Networks Regulating Tooth Organogenesis and Regeneration, and the Specification of Dental Mesenchymal and Epithelial Cell Lineages
Maria Jussila and Irma Thesleff
24. Eye Development and Retinogenesis
Whitney Heavner and Larysa Pevny
25. Molecular Mechanisms of Inner Ear Development
Doris K. Wu and Matthew M. Kelley
26. Signaling and Transcriptional Networks in Heart Development and Regeneration
Benoit G. Bruneau
27. Signaling Networks Regulating Development of the Lower Respiratory Tract
David M. Ornitz and Yongjun Yin
28. Deconstructing Pancreas and Developmental Biology
Cecil M. Benitez, William Goodyer, and Seung K. Kim
29. Transcriptional Networks in Liver and Intestinal Development
Karyn L. Sheaffer and Klaus H. Kaestner
30. Mammalian Kidney Development: Principles, progress and projections
Melissa H Little and Andrew P. McMahon
Index