Transdifferentiation of rat fetal brain stem cells into penile smooth muscle cells

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Song, Yunseob ^a   Mehta, Neal ^b   Sheh, Bryant ^b   Saljooque, Farid ^b   Sang, Hoi U ^b   Rajasekaran, Mahadevan ^c,d  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; CNS stem cells; Erectile dysfunction; Fibrosis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; DESMIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NESTIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FETAL STEM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67650661430     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08352.x     Document Type: Article

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