Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance – Multiple Choice Answers for Vol. 30
1. a) F b) F c) T d) F e) F The fetus requires oxygen and glucose to maintain cellular aerobic metabolism, its main source of energy production. While glucose…
Perinatal Regenerative Medicine – Multiple Choice Questions for Vol. 31
1. Stem and progenitor cells used for experimental and clinical studies have a certain features unique for each cell type. True neural stem cells (NSC) fulfill which of the following…
Maternal microchimerism in health and disease
Circulating maternal cells transfer to the fetus during pregnancy, where they may integrate with the fetal immune and organ systems, creating a state of maternal microchimerism (MMc). MMc can persist…
Cell-based strategies to reconstitute vital functions in preterm infants with organ failure
Infants born preterm face a number of challenges. Depending on the degree of prematurity, they are at a risk of developing several specific conditions and diseases related to organ immaturity…
In utero stem cell transplantation and gene therapy: Recent progress and the potential for clinical application
Advances in prenatal diagnosis have led to the prenatal management and treatment of a variety of congenital diseases. Although surgical treatment has been successfully applied to specific anatomic defects that…
Human Foetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Finding suitable cell sources is one of the main challenges in regenerative medicine. In addition to improving the dysfunctional tissue requiring reconstruction, low immunogenicity is beneficial. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)…
Human neural progenitor cells in central nervous system lesions
Various immature cells can be isolated from human embryonic and fetal central nervous system (CNS) residual tissue and potentially be used in cell therapy for a number of neurological diseases…
Human fetal cardiac progenitors: The role of stem cells and progenitors in the fetal and adult heart
The human fetal heart is formed early during embryogenesis as a result of cell migrations, differentiation, and formative blood flow. It begins to beat around gestation day 22. Progenitor cells…
Stem cells from amniotic fluid – Potential for regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine has recently been established as an emerging field focussing on repair, replacement or regeneration of cells, tissues and whole organs. The significant recent advances in the field have…
Placental stem cells
The placenta represents a reservoir of progenitor, stem cells and epithelial cells that have been shown to differentiate into various types, including adipogenic, osteogenic, myogenic, hepatogenic, cardiac, pancreatic, endothelial, pulmonary…
