C. Bettina Portmann-Lanz

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to summarize and provide the state of the art of research in this field, addressing aspects such as cell isolation protocols and characteristics of these cells, as well as providing preliminary indications of the possibilities for use ofThese cells in future clinical applications.

TL;DR: MSCs isolated from fetal membranes and placenta showed typical MSC phenotype and were able to differentiate into mesodermal cells expressing cell markers/cytologic staining consistent with mature chondroblasts, osteoblasts, adipocytes, or myocytes and into neuronal cells presenting markers of various stages of maturation.

TL;DR: Stem cells derived from human placenta can be differentiated into neural progenitors from human placental tissues, and neuron-specific proteins were up-regulated, whereas placental proteins were reduced.

TL;DR: The results showed that a cell-free extracellular matrix scaffold can be generated from human chorion and might allow therapeutic application of autologous or allogeneic grafts in congenital skeletal defects by means of a composite graft.

TL;DR: In vitro differentiation assays provide evidence that both preeclampsia-placenta stem cells and uncomplicated pregnancies- placentastem cells are comparably suitable for neuroregeneration purposes.