Body fluid-derived stem cells—an untapped stem cell source in genitourinary regeneration

RL Huang, Q Li, JX Ma, A Atala, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Urology, 2023 - nature.com
Somatic stem cells have been obtained from solid organs and tissues, including the bone
marrow, placenta, corneal stroma, periosteum, adipose tissue, dental pulp and skeletal …

The mechanisms and potential of stem cell therapy for penile fibrosis

U Milenkovic, M Albersen, F Castiglione - Nature Reviews Urology, 2019 - nature.com
Fibrosis is often caused by chronic tissue injury leading to a persisting inflammatory
response with excessive accumulation of extracellular connective tissue proteins. Peyronie's …

Role of Nrf2 in lipopolysaccharide‐induced acute kidney injury: protection by human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells

LX Feng, F Zhao, Q Liu, JC Peng… - Oxidative medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the common complications of sepsis.
Heretofore, there is no effective treatment for septic AKI. Recent studies have revealed that …

Bayesian-based analysis of the causality between 731 immune cells and erectile dysfunction: a two-sample, bidirectional, and multivariable Mendelian randomization …

J Chen, Y Liu, P Zhan, T Gao, J Zuo, X Li… - Sexual …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The causal relationship between certain immune cells and erectile dysfunction
(ED) is still uncertain. Aim The study sought to investigate the causal effect of 731 types of …

Advances in stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction

S Gur, AB Abdel-Mageed, SC Sikka… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Stem cell (SC) application is a promising area of research in regenerative
medicine, with the potential to treat, prevent, and cure disease. In recent years, the number …

[HTML][HTML] Human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells protect against renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in cisplatin-treated rats

XW Li, LX Feng, XJ Zhu, Q Liu, HS Wang, X Wu… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, there is no effective method to prevent renal interstitial fibrosis after acute kidney
injury (AKI). In this study, we established and screened a new renal interstitial fibrosis rat …

A study of diabetes‐induced erectile dysfunction treated with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells

S Wang, A Zhang, K Liu, Y Pan, J Kang, S Niu… - Andrologia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aimed to assess the value of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem
cells (hUC‐MSCs) for the treatment of diabetes‐induced erectile dysfunction (DMED). We …

Umbelliferone isolated from Zosima absinthifolia roots partially restored erectile dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

S Karakaya, D Yilmaz-Oral, CS Kilic, S Gur - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common problem in diabetic men, which affects the quality of
life. Zosima absinthifolia (Vent.) Link (syn. Zosima orientalis Hoffm.) is the only member of …

Towards clinical application of tissue engineering for erectile penile regeneration

TW Andrew, M Kanapathy, L Murugesan… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Penile wounds after traumatic and surgical amputation require reconstruction in the form of
autologous tissue transfers. However, currently used techniques are associated with high …

Mesenchymal stem cells treatment for erectile dysfunction in diabetic rats

SW Kim, GQ Zhu, WJ Bae - Sexual medicine reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Aging men with diabetes mellitus are more easily suffering from erectile
dysfunction (ED), which was poor to respond to drugs. Mesenchymal stem cell treatment …