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Tissue engineering a fetal membrane [PDF]

Tissue Engineering Part A, 2011
The aim of this study was to construct an artificial fetal membrane (FM) by combination of human amniotic epithelial stem cells (hAESCs) and a mechanically enhanced collagen scaffold containing encapsulated human amniotic stromal fibroblasts (hASFs ...
Adam M. Squires, Anna L. David, Bipasha Chowdhury, Che John Connon, Connon C.J., Grinnell F., Ian William Hamley, Jones R.R., Kirkham S.M., Roanne Razalia Jones, Shengli Mi, Trinkaus R.V.   +11 more
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Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger Regulatory Factor-1 (NHERF1) Regulates Fetal Membrane Inflammation. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2020
The fetal inflammatory response, a key contributor of infection-associated preterm birth (PTB), is mediated by nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) activation.
Kammala AK, Sheller-Miller S, Radnaa E, Kechichian T, Subramanian H, Menon R.   +5 more
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Fetal membrane imaging: current and future perspectives—a review [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology
Fetal membrane providing mechanical support and immune protection for the growing fetus until it ruptures during parturition. The abnormalities of fetal membrane (thickening, separation, etc.) are related to adverse perinatal outcomes such as premature ...
Dan Wu, Dan Wu, Dan Wu, Jiasong Cao, Jiasong Cao, Jiasong Cao, Meiyi Xu, Meiyi Xu, Meiyi Xu, Cunling Zhang, Cunling Zhang, Cunling Zhang, Zhuo Wei, Zhuo Wei, Zhuo Wei, Wen Li, Wen Li, Wen Li, Ying Chang, Ying Chang   +19 more
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In vivo Assessment of Supra-Cervical Fetal Membrane by MRI 3D CISS: A Preliminary Study [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
In approximately 8% of term births and 33% of pre-term births, the fetal membrane (FM) ruptures before delivery. In vitro studies of FMs after delivery have suggested the series of events leading to rupture, but no in vivo studies have confirmed this ...
Wenxu Qi, Peinan Zhao, Wei Wang, Zhexian Sun, Zhexian Sun, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Hui Wang, Hui Wang, Wenjie Wu, Wenjie Wu, Zichao Wen, Zulfia Kisrieva-Ware, Pamela K. Woodard, Qing Wang, Robert C. McKinstry, Yong Wang, Yong Wang, Yong Wang, Yong Wang   +19 more
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Interleukin (IL)-6: A Friend or Foe of Pregnancy and Parturition? Evidence From Functional Studies in Fetal Membrane Cells. [PDF]

Front Physiol, 2020
Objective Protection of the fetus within the amniotic sac is primarily attained by remodeling fetal membrane (amniochorion) cells through cyclic epithelial to mesenchymal and mesenchymal to epithelial (EMT and MET) transitions.
Omere C, Richardson L, Saade GR, Bonney EA, Kechichian T, Menon R.   +5 more
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Compensatory fetal membrane mechanisms between biglycan and decorin in inflammation. [PDF]

Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2015
Preterm premature rupture of fetal membranes (PPROM) is associated with infection, and is one of the most common causes of preterm birth. Abnormal expression of biglycan and decorin, two extracellular matrix proteoglycans, leads to preterm birth and ...
Aron, Abraham, de Miranda de Araujo, Luciana Batalha, Horgan, Casie E, Iozzo, Renato V., Lechner, Beatrice E   +4 more
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A collagen plug with shape memory to seal iatrogenic fetal membrane defects after fetoscopic surgery [PDF]

Bioactive Materials, 2023
Iatrogenic preterm premature rupture of fetal membranes (iPPROM) after fetal surgery remains a strong trigger for premature birth. As fetal membrane defects do not heal spontaneously and amniotic fluid leakage and chorioamniotic membrane separation may ...
Rob T.C. Meuwese, Elly M.M. Versteeg, Joris van Drongelen, Daniëlle de Hoog, Debora Bouwhuis, Frank P.H.A. Vandenbussche, Toin H. van Kuppevelt, Willeke F. Daamen   +7 more
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Immunobiology of Acute Chorioamnionitis [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Acute chorioamnionitis is characterized by neutrophilic infiltration and inflammation at the maternal fetal interface. It is a relatively common complication of pregnancy and can have devastating consequences including preterm labor, maternal infections,
Monica Cappelletti, Pietro Presicce, Suhas G. Kallapur   +2 more
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Function and failure of the fetal membrane: Modelling the mechanics of the chorion and amnion.

PLoS ONE, 2017
The fetal membrane surrounds the fetus during pregnancy and is a thin tissue composed of two layers, the chorion and the amnion. While rupture of this membrane normally occurs at term, preterm rupture can result in increased risk of fetal mortality and ...
Stefaan W Verbruggen, Michelle L Oyen, Andrew T M Phillips, Niamh C Nowlan   +3 more
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Programmed Fetal Membrane Senescence and Exosome-Mediated Signaling: A Mechanism Associated With Timing of Human Parturition

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2017
Human parturition is an inflammatory process that involves both fetal and maternal compartments. The precise immune cell interactions have not been well delineated in human uterine tissues during parturition, but insights into human labor initiation have
Ramkumar Menon, Sam Mesiano, Robert N. Taylor   +2 more
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