Effect of an adipose-derived stem cell and nerve growth factor-incorporated hydrogel on recovery of erectile function in a rat model of cavernous nerve injury

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Kim, In Gul ^a   Piao, Shuyu ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a   Hong, Sung Hoo ^a   Hwang, Tae Kon ^a   Kim, Sae Woong ^a   Kim, Choung Soo ^b   Ra, Jeong Chan ^c   Noh, Insup ^d   Lee, Ji Youl ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Stem Cell Research Center   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC ACIDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL-BASED THERAPY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; INTRACAVERNOUS PRESSURE; LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; NERVE INJURIES; PRESSURE LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; RAT MODEL; SMOOTH MUSCLES; TISSUE SECTIONS;

HYDROGELS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

DRUG CARRIER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG CARRIERS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871668000     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0654     Document Type: Article

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