单位：[1]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Inst Clin Med Sci, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China[2]Beijing Union Med Coll, Grad Sch, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China[3]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Pediat, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
The amniotic membrane (AM) in humans is the innermost fetal membrane and is composed of amnion mesenchymal cells (hAMCs) and amnion epithelial cells (hAECs). The former are derived from the extra-embryonic mesoderm of the primitive streak, and the latter from the fetal ectoderm. Numerous studies have shown that both hAMCs and hAECs display stem cell characteristics. In this review, we examine the progress made in understanding the characteristics of hAMCs, including information on the structure and function of AM and hAMCs, their immunological features, and the pluripotency of hAMCs. (C) 2009 National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited and Science in China Press. All rights reserved.
基金：
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [30471773]; Beijing Municipal Natural Science FoundationBeijing Natural Science Foundation [5041002]; High-Tech R & D Program of China [2006AA02A114]; Beijing Ministry of Science and Technology [D07050701350704]
第一作者单位：[1]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Inst Clin Med Sci, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China[2]Beijing Union Med Coll, Grad Sch, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China[3]China Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Pediat, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Hu Jingwei,Cai Zhe,Zhou Zhongshu.Progress in studies on the characteristics of human amnion mesenchymal cells[J].PROGRESS in NATURAL SCIENCE-MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL.2009,19(9):1047-1052.doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.12.005.
APA：
Hu, Jingwei,Cai, Zhe&Zhou, Zhongshu.(2009).Progress in studies on the characteristics of human amnion mesenchymal cells.PROGRESS in NATURAL SCIENCE-MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL,19,(9)
MLA：
Hu, Jingwei,et al."Progress in studies on the characteristics of human amnion mesenchymal cells".PROGRESS in NATURAL SCIENCE-MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL 19..9(2009):1047-1052
