The Influence of the Preservation Method and Gamma Irradiation Sterilization on TGF-β and bFGF Levels in Freeze-Dried Amnion Membrane (FD-AM) and Amnion Sponge

Table 6

bFGF levels in the freeze-dried amnion membrane (FD-AM) and amnion sponge before and after radiation sterilization.

Donor	Freeze-dried amnion membrane (FD-AM)				Amnion sponge
	Preirradiated (ng/mL)	Postirradiated 15 kGy (ng/mL)	Postirradiated 25 kGy (ng/mL)	Δ preirradiated postirradiated 25 kGy (%)	Preirradiated (ng/mL)	Postirradiated 15 kGy (ng/mL)	Postirradiated 25 kGy (ng/mL)	Δ preirradiated postirradiated 25 kGy (%)
A	27.55	20.65	17.60	36.12	25.75	17.30	15.50	39.81
B	29.90	25.35	23.55	21.24	23.10	19.25	18.95	17.97
C	37.50	30.25	28.85	23.07	25.95	23.15	17.05	34.30
D	39.50	33.95	30.45	22.91	26.70	21.10	16.40	38.58
E	40.20	33.40	30.70	23.63	28.10	24.60	18.70	33.45
F	41.30	22.65	20.20	51.01	29.40	22.90	20.50	30.27
G	43.40	35.70	30.74	29.17	30.50	25.20	21.60	29.18
H	46.70	34.50	29.25	37.37	30.80	26.40	19.60	36.69
Mean	38.26 ± 6.5	29.56 ± 5.9	26.42 ± 5.2	30.57 ± 10.33	27.54 ± 2.7	22.49 ± 3.1	18.54 ± 2.1	32.53 ± 6.96