Amnion-derived stem cells: in quest of clinical applications

Table 2 Differentiation potential of amniotic epithelial cells

Lineage	Cell type	Species	First author	Reference
Ectoderm	Neural progenitor cell	Human	Sakuragawa	[37]
	Dopamine-producing cell	Human	Kakishita	[47, 52]
	Neural cell	Human	Miki	[7]
	Oligodendrocyte	Human	Ishii	[38]
	Neural cell	Human	Niknejad	[40]
	Neural cell	Human	Woodbury	[41]
	Neuronal	Rat	Okawa	[53]
	Neural	Rat	Marcus	[67]
Mesoderm	Adipogenic	Human	Ilancheran	[14]
	Chondrogenic	Human	Ilancheran	[14]
	Osteogenic	Human	Stadler	[11]
	Cardiomyogenic	Human	Miki	[7]
	Cardiomyogenic	Human	Tsuji	[75]
	Cardiomyogenic	Rat	Fujimoto	[73]
Endoderm	Hepatic	Human	Miki	[7, 63]
	Hepatic	Human	Sakuragawa	[61]
	Hepatic	Human	Takashima	[62]
	Hepatic	Human	Manuelpillai	[64]
	Hepatic	Rat	Nakajima	[65]
	Hepatic	Rat	Takahashi	[66]
	Hepatic	Rat	Marcus	[67]
	Insulin-producing cell	Human	Miki	[7]
	Insulin-producing cell	Human	Wei	[68]
	Insulin-producing cell	Human	Hou	[69]
	Insulin-producing cell	Human	Szukiewicz	[70]
	Bile duct	Mouse	Moritoki	[72]
	Pneumocyte	Human	Moodley	[71]

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