The use of amniotic membrane in ophthalmic surgery and other surgical procedures in the
fields of dermatology, plastic surgery, genitourinary medicine and otolaryngology is on the …

Amniotic membrane (AM) or amnion is a thin membrane on the inner side of the fetal
placenta; it completely surrounds the embryo and delimits the amniotic cavity, which is filled …

The amniotic membrane is the innermost of the three layers forming the fetal membranes. It
was first used in 1910 in skin transplantation. Thereafter it has been used in surgical …

The elaboration of cytokines, chemokines and immunomodulatory proteins in the placenta
and gestational membranes has been extensively investigated in the context of both normal …

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine whether preeclampsia and intrauterine
growth retardation are associated with an increase in placental apoptosis. Study Design …

purpose. The immunogenic characterization of amniotic membrane is still unknown. This
study was designed to examine the immunogenicity of human amniotic membrane, by using …

Regenerative medicine is a new field based on the use of stem cells to generate biological
substitutes and improve tissue functions, restoring damaged tissue with high proliferability …

In an earlier, companion, review, we concluded that cytokines produced by the placenta and
associated membranes are likely to be involved in control of the processes of implantation …

Premature rupture of the fetal membranes is a major cause of preterm birth and its
associated infant morbidity and mortality. Recently, it has become clear that rupture of the …

The complex mechanisms controlling human parturition involves mother, fetus, and
placenta, and stress is a key element activating a series of physiological adaptive …