Sentence examples for fetal source from inspiring English sources

More recently, human second-trimester AF has been characterized as a very promising fetal source of MSCs.

We must presume that the fetal source of creatine is placental transfer of maternal creatine until such time that the reno-hepatic capacity is sufficiently developed, but just when this occurs in human pregnancy is not yet known.

These studies demonstrated that removal of the fetus but not the placenta (fetectomy), in order to eliminate a fetal source of DHEA/DHEAS, induced a decline in E2 and an increase in DHEA/DHEAS levels in the maternal circulation (Albrecht et al., 1980; Albrecht and Pepe, 1995).

At steady state most of macrophages are derived from fetal sources and maintained in adulthood through self-renewing.

In the present study, we illustrate that while many hNPC lines derived from different fetal sources are karyotypically normal, ∼24% of our lines showed a trisomy of chromosome 7 and only one line displayed trisomy 19.

The paucity of phenotypes attributable to unliganded TR may be due to the presence of low levels of TH from maternal or fetal sources that may conceal potential effects of unliganded TR.

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have been isolated from adult tissues, such as bone marrow (BM) and adipose tissue as well as from fetal sources, including amniotic fluid (AF), Wharton's jelly and umbilical cord blood.

Considering the easy access to this fetal cell source, the plasticity of AF-MSCs and their potential to dedifferentiate and transdifferentiate, AF may provide a valuable tool for cell therapy and tissue engineering applications.

We used fetal portions of the placenta as a source of tissue for examining gene expression because of its fetal origin, its critical role in fetal development and control of the intrauterine environment, and easy accessibility after parturition.

These tissues may represent a unique fetal-like source of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, without the ethical constraints associated with embryonic/fetal stem cells.

Elevated levels of MIP-1α, MIP-1β and MCP-1 have been observed in PM and it is likely that these chemokines are derived from both maternal (leukocyte) [6], [8] and fetal (syncytiotrophoblast) sources [11], [62].