The immune regulation functions of human amniotic epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells / 白血病·淋巴瘤

ABSTRACT

Adult stem cells are a kind of cells which have the capability to differentiate into multiple cell types as well as self renew continuously. They have great therapeutic potential in tissue engineering,genetherapy and cell transplantation.In recent study, it has been found that there were two kinds of stem cells in human amniotic membrane,including human amniotic epithelial cells and human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells. As a new source of stem cells, these two amniotic cells have become the hot spot in stem cells research due to their advantages such as extensive resource, easy to acquire, multi-differentiation potential and negligible antigenicity. This article reviewed biological characteristics, immune regulation mechanism and prospect on amniotic epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells.