Table 1.

Summary of Basic Science Research as It Related to the Various Placenta Tissues and Their Cellular Capabilities.

Amniotic Membrane Epithelial Cells	Amniotic Membrane Mesenchymal Cells	Chorion Cells	Umbilical Cord Tissue	Umbilical Cord Blood
Pro-epithelial, neural, and tenocyte	Trilineage cell differentiation	Trilineage cell differentiation	Trilineage cell differentiation	Hematopoietic proliferation
Anti-angiogenic	Angiogenic immunosuppressive	Angiogenic immunosuppressive	Immunosuppressive	Pro-neural proliferation
Anti-fibroblastic	Pro-neural proliferation	Immunosuppressive	Pro-neural proliferation
Immunosuppressive	Immunosuppressive