Effect of muscle-derived stem cells on the restoration of corpora cavernosa smooth muscle and erectile function in the aged rat

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1156-1164

  Nolazco, Gaby ^a   Kovanecz, Istvan ^a   Vernet, Dolores ^a   Gelfand, Robert A ^a   Tsao, James ^c   Ferrini, Monica G ^a,b   Magee, Thomas ^a,b   Rajfer, Jacob ^a,b   Gonzalez Cadavid, Nestor F ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal fibrosis; Corporal veno occlusive dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALPONIN; CYCLINE; SMOOTHELIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 41849111684     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07507.x     Document Type: Article

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