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Structure of amnion

Known as: Amnion, Amniotic Membranes, Membrane, Amniotic 
The innermost membranous sac that surrounds and protects the developing embryo which is bathed in the AMNIOTIC FLUID. Amnion cells are secretory… 
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AmniocentesisAmnioscopyAmniotic FluidAmniotic Sac

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Fetal Membranesbody membrane

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Review
2002
Review
2002
Amniotic fluid cells and human stem cell research: a new connection.
Currently it is the hope of both patients and investigators that human progenitor cells and stem cells can be widely used to… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Fetal origin of amniotic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Developmental expression of nicein adhesion protein (laminin-5) subunits suggests multiple morphogenic roles.
Nicein/kalinin (laminin-5) is a heterotrimeric laminin-like adhesion protein, which is secreted at the basement membrane of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Insulin regulates the 35 kDa IGF binding protein in patients with diabetes mellitus
The serum levels of the low molecular form of insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) was determined in 56 outpatients… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Human amnion membrane serves as a substratum for growing axons in vitro and in vivo.
The epithelial cell layer of human amnion membrane can be removed while the basement membrane and stromal surfaces remain… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Deficiency of enzymes catalyzing the biosynthesis of glycerol-ether lipids in Zellweger syndrome. A new category of metabolic disease involving the absence of peroxisomes.
The Zellweger cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by the absence of peroxisomes and deficiency of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Prostaglandin output in relation to parturition by cells dispersed from human intrauterine tissues.
Collagenase-dispersed cells from human amnion, chorion, decidua, and placenta have been maintained in short term cultures to… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Identification of phospholipid platelet-activating factor (1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in human amniotic fluid and urine.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Lac operator analogues: bromodeoxyuridine substitution in the lac operator affects the rate of dissociation of the lac repressor.
As measured by a decreased rate of dissociation, lac repressor binds 10-times tighter to 5-bromodeoxyuridine-substituted lac… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
Continuous Cultivation of Epithelial Cell Strain (FL) from Human Amniotic Membrane.∗
  • J. FoghR. O. Lund
  • Proceedings of the Society for Experimental…
  • 1957
  • Corpus ID: 23595451
Summary A strain of human cells derived from a normal amniotic membrane has been cultivated in serial passage for 8 months in 30… 
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