Vascular regenerative therapies for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: Current approaches

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Condorelli, R A ^a   Calogero, A E ^a   Vicari, E ^a   Favilla, V ^a   Morgia, G ^a   Cimino, S ^a   La Vignera, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial progenitor cells; Erectile dysfunction; Vascular regenerative therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; SUPEROXIDE; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADENOVIRUS; ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION INJURY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84879496815     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00087.x     Document Type: Review

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