1. Historical Perspectives and Current Challenges in Cell Microencapsulation Paul de Vos 2. Applications of Cell Microencapsulation Emmanuel C. Opara Part IIApproaches to Cell Microencapsulation 3. Cell Microencapsulation: Dripping Methods A. Bidoret, E. Martins, B. Poncelet De Smet, and D. Poncelet 4. Field Effect Microparticle Generation for Cell Microencapsulation Brend Ray-Sea Hsu and Shin-Huei Fu 5. Microfluidic Approach to Cell Microencapsulation Varna Sharma, Michael Hunckler, Melur K. Ramasubramanian, Emmanuel C. Opara, and Kalyan C. Katuri Part III Biomaterials and Enabling Technologies in Cell Microencapsulation 6. Polymeric Materials for Cell Microencapsulation A. Aijaz, D. Perera, and R. Olabisi < <7. Polymeric Materials for Perm-Selective Coating of Alginate Microbeads William F. Kendall and Emmanuel C. Opara 8. Determination of the Mechanical Strength of Microcapsules Marcus D. Darrabie and Emmanuel C. Opara 9. The Diffusive Properties of Hydrogel Microcapsules for Cell Encapsulation D.M. Lavin, B.E. Bintz, and C.G. Thanos 10. Methods for Incorporating Oxygen Generating Biomaterials into Cell Culture and Microcapsule Systems John Patrick McQuilling and Emmanuel C. Opara 11. Non-Invasive Tracking of Alginate-Microencapsulated Cells Genaro A. Paredes-Juarez, Brad P. Barnett, and Jeff W.M. Bulte 12. Retrieval of Microencapsulated Islet Grafts for Post-Transplant Evaluation John Patrick McQuilling, Sivanandane Sittadjody, Rajesh Pareta, Samuel Pendergraft, Clancy J. Clark, Alan C. Farney, and Emmanuel C. Opara Part IV Isolation of Cells for Microencapsulation 13. A Method of Porcine Pancreatic Islet Isolation for Microencapsulation William F. Kendall and Emmanuel C. Opara 14: Selective Osmotic Shock (SOS)-Based Islet Isolation for Microencapsulation Kevin Enck, John P. McQuilling, Giuseppe Orlando, Riccardo Tamburrini, Sittadjody Sivanandane, and Emmanuel C. Opara 15. Preparation and Characterization of Alginate–Chitosan Microcapsule for Hepatocyte Culture Lamjuan Li, Yanhong Zhang, and Xiaoping Pan
16. Use of Flow Focusing Technique for Microencapsulation of Myoblasts J. Ciriza, L. Saenz del Burgo, RM Hernandez, G. Orive, and JL Pedraz
17. Alginate Microbeads for Cell and Protein Delivery Sami I. Somo, Omaditya Khanna, and Eric M. Brey
18. Compartmentalization of Two Cell Types in Multi-Layered Alginate Microcapsules Sivanandane Sittadjody, Justin M. Saul, and Emmanuel C. Opara 19. Primary Choroid Plexus Tissue for Use in Cellular Therapy M.A. Sandrof and C.G. Thanos 20. Microencapsulation of Stem Cells for Therapy Shirae K. Leslie, Ramsey C. Kinney, Zvi Schwartz, and Barbara D. Boyan < 21. Microencapsulated Cells for Cancer Therapy L. Saenz del Burgo, J. Ciriza, RM Hernández, G. Orive, and JL Pedraz 22. Microencapsulation of Bacterial Cells by Emulsion Technique for Probiotic Application Surajit Mandal and Subrota Hati <Part VCell Microencapsulation in Clinical Applications 23. Microencapsulation of Islets for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) Riccardo Calafiore, Giuseppe Basta, and Pia Montanucci
<24. Immunological Challenges Facing Translation of Alginate Encapsulated Porcine Islet Xenotransplantation to Human Clinical Trials Rahul Krishnan, David Ko, Clarence E. Foster III, Wendy Liu, AM Smink, Bart de Haan, Paul De Vos, and Johnathan RT Lakey 25. Microencapsulation in Clinical Islet Xenotransplantation Masayuki Shimoda and Shinichi Matsumoto 26. Methods for Microencapsulated Porcine Islet Production Masayuki Shimoda and Shinichi Matsumoto 27. Microencapsulation of Parathyroid Cells for the Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism Patricio Cabané Toledo, Ricardo Rossi Fernández, and Pablo Caviedes Fernández
This volume provides a unique forum to review cell microencapsulation in a broad sense by exploring various cell types that have been encapsulated for different purposes, different approaches and devices used for microencapsulation, the biomaterials used in cell microencapsulation, the challenges to the technology, and the current status of its application in different clinical situations. This book is divided in five sections: Section I is an introductory part that discusses historical developments of the technology and its current challenges, as well as the various applications of cell microencapsulation; Section II discusses the main approaches and devices currently used in cell microencapsulation; Section III presents an overview of the various polymeric materials currently in use for cell microencapsulation and the enabling technologies to either monitor or enhance encapsulated cell function; Section IV gives specific examples of the methods used to encapsulate various cell types; and Section V provides an overview of the different clinical situations in which cell microencapsulation has been applied. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Thorough and practical, Cell Microencapsulation: Methods and Protocols is a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals, as well as food technologists who will find detailed descriptions of methods for the microencapsulation of specific cell types and their current of potential clinical and industrial applications. This volume also includes detailed information about the design and manufacture of different devices including large-scale production devices for use in cell microencapsulation.