Preparation of human amniotic membrane for transplantation in different application areas

N Hofmann, HO Rennekampff, AK Salz… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The human amniotic membrane (hAM) is the inner layer of the placenta and plays protective
and nutritional roles for the fetus during pregnancy. It contains multiple growth factors and …

Human amniotic membrane: clinical uses, patents and marketed products

F Gindraux, R Laurent, L Nicod… - Recent Patents on …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
In the past 20 years, human amniotic membrane (hAM) has become widely recommended
as an ophthalmic surgical patch, and as a substrate for stem cell tissue equivalents for …

Applications of acellular human amniotic membrane in regenerative medicine

S Doudi, M Barzegar, EA Taghavi, M Eini, A Ehterami… - Life Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The human amniotic membrane (hAM) surrounds and protects the fetus. It mainly consists of
a thick basement membrane and an avascular stromal matrix. The structural, physical, and …

Amniotic membrane in ophthalmology: properties, preparation, storage and indications for grafting—a review

K Jirsova, GLA Jones - Cell and tissue banking, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Human Amniotic Membrane: A review on tissue engineering, application, and storage

S Leal‐Marin, T Kern, N Hofmann… - … Research Part B …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human amniotic membrane (hAM) has been employed as scaffolding material in a wide
range of tissue engineering applications, especially as a skin dressing and as a graft for …

The human amniotic membrane: a tissue with multifaceted properties and different potential clinical applications

M Caruso, A Silini, O Parolini - Perinatal stem cells, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Fetal membranes (amnion and chorion), and mainly the human amniotic membrane (AM),
have been used as biomaterial in medicine for more than 100 years. Their first successful …

Preservation, sterilization and de-epithelialization of human amniotic membrane for use in ocular surface reconstruction

AK Riau, RW Beuerman, LS Lim, JS Mehta - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, human amniotic membrane (AM) has become widely used as an
ophthalmic surgical patch as well as a substrate for stem cell tissue equivalents for ocular …

Preparation, indications and results of human amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface disorders

JL Alió, M Abad, DH Scorsetti - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In comparison with other biologic tissues used as reconstructive grafts, the amniotic
membrane has the advantage that it is thinner and better tolerated by the patient. Amniotic …

Optimizing amniotic membrane tissue banking protocols for ophthalmic use

D Hettiarachchi, VHW Dissanayake… - Cell and tissue …, 2016 - Springer
Amniotic membrane (AM) due to its anti-inflammatory, anti-scarring and anti-angiogenic
properties is used as corneal and wound grafts. When developing AM tissue banks, cell …

Preservation of amniotic membrane

M Laranjo - Amniotic membrane: Origin, characterization and …, 2015 - Springer
Human amniotic membrane is an important biomaterial in medicine, it has virtually unlimited
availability and low processing cost. Preservation of human amniotic membrane is essential …