Fig. 1

Schematic illustration of experimental procedures. (A) Oral mucosal tissue was resected. (B) The tissue was treated with Dispase and trypsin/EDTA for isolation of oral mucosal epithelial cells (OMECs). (C, D) Isolated OMECs were seeded and incubated on decellularized and lyophilized amniotic membrane (DL-AM) for 14 days and transplanted to damaged uteri. (E) The left uterus was scraped to establish an IUA rat model. (F) DL-AM seeded with OMECs and DL-AM alone were transplanted. After surgery, uteri were harvested and subjected to histological analysis