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Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2022 Amniotic fluid surrounding the developing fetus is a complex biological fluid rich in metabolically active bio‐factors. The presence of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in amniotic fluid has been mainly related to foetal urine. We here characterized EVs from
Natalia Gebara +10 more
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Amniotic fluid disorders and the effects on prenatal outcome: a retrospective cohort study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background The amniotic fluid is a protective liquid present in the amniotic sac. Two types of amniotic fluid disorders have been identified. First refers to polyhydramnios, which is an immoderate volume of amniotic fluid with an Amniotic Fluid Index ...
H. Bakhsh +7 more
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Compartmentalized profiling of amniotic fluid cytokines in women with preterm labor.
PLoS ONE, 2020 ObjectiveAmniotic fluid cytokines have been implicated in the mechanisms of preterm labor and birth. Cytokines can be packaged within or on the surface of extracellular vesicles.
Gaurav Bhatti +8 more
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Journal of Innate Immunity, 2020 Intra-amniotic infection, the invasion of microbes into the amniotic cavity resulting in inflammation, is a clinical condition that can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes for the mother and fetus as well as severe long-term neonatal morbidities.
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez +11 more
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations in amniotic fluid, biomarkers of fetal Leydig cell function, and cryptorchidism and hypospadias in Danish boys (1980–1996) [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016 Background: Exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) may potentially disturb fetal Leydig cell hormone production and male genital development. Objectives: We aimed to study the associations between levels of amniotic fluid PFOS, fetal steroid ...
Anand-Ivell R +14 more
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Clinical chorioamnionitis at term: the amniotic fluid fatty acyl lipidome [PDF]
Journal of Lipid Research, 2016 Clinical chorioamnionitis at term (TCC) is the most common obstetrical infliction diagnosed in labor and delivery units worldwide and is associated with a substantial increase in maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Krishna Rao Maddipati +10 more
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Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2018 Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare and severe problem in obstetric patients. We experienced a 21-year primigravida who underwent emergency cesarean section due to sudden collapse and fetal distress after rupture of membranes in labour. Subsequently, she developed intraoperative coagulopathy, hemorrhage, hypotension, and respiratory collapse requiring ...
Nadia, Nawaz, Ahmed Raheem, Buksh
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The amniotic fluid proteome changes across gestation in humans and rhesus macaques
Scientific Reports, 2023 Amniotic fluid is a complex biological medium that offers protection to the fetus and plays a key role in normal fetal nutrition, organogenesis, and potentially fetal programming.
Lyndsey E. Shorey-Kendrick +15 more
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Cells, 2023 Amniotic fluid has been proposed as an easily available source of cells for numerous applications in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. The use of amniotic fluid cells in biomedical applications necessitates their unequivocal characterization;
Athanasia Dasargyri +5 more
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Clinical significance of turbid amniotic fluid on peripartum outcome
SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: The fluid that envelops a growing fetus in the amniotic sac is called amniotic fluid (AF), many maternal and fetal components share in composition of amniotic fluid, In the last three months of pregnancy, AF turbidity increases and was ...
Mona Gad Mohammed* +2 more
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