Progress in researches on stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction.
- Author:
Yuan-bin JIANG
1
;
Xin GOU
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongging Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. eps611@126.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Erectile Dysfunction;
therapy;
Humans;
Male;
Stem Cell Transplantation
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2009;15(10):937-940
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Erectile dysfunction (ED) commonly results from endothelial dysfunction and erectile nerve damage. Recent researches have focused on the preclinical studies of stem cell-based therapies targeted at repairing penile endothelium and protecting erectile nerves. Early studies showed that stem cell- or gene-modified stem cell-based therapies may have enduring efficacy and eventually lead to a cure for ED. Such stem cells as embryonic, mesenchymal, muscle-derived and adipose-derived ones and endothelial progenitor cells all have differentiation potentials and obvious advantages in protecting and repairing both nervi erigentes and corpus cavernosum vascular endothelial cells. Stem cell-based therapies promise to be an effective approach to human erectile dysfunction.
