Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells transfected with VEGF165 to restore erectile function in diabetic rats

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Gou, Xin ^a   He, Wei Yang ^a   Xiao, Ming Zhao ^a   Qiu, Ming ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Deng, Yuan Zhong ^a   Liu, Chao Dong ^a   Tang, Zao Bing ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Chen, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cell transplantation; diabetes mellitus; endothelial progenitor cells; erectile dysfunction; gene expression; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

STREPTOZOCIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPORA CAVERNOSA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79952430861     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.116     Document Type: Article

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