Stem cells: Novel players in the treatment of erectile dysfunction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-155

  Zhang, Haiyang ^a,b   Albersen, Maarten ^c   Jin, Xunbo ^a   Lin, Guiting ^b  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adipose tissue derived stem cells; bone marrow stem cells; erectile dysfunction; mesenchymal stem cells; stem cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FRACTALKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; RANTES; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREPUCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; STROMA CELL; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 84855456028     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.79     Document Type: Review

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