Erectile dysfunction

In vivo determination of muscle-derived stem cells in rat corpus cavernosum

L. J. Xu, Xue, B. X., Shan, Y. X., Chen, D., Gao, J., Yang, D. R., Sun, C. Y., and Cui, Y., In vivo determination of muscle-derived stem cells in rat corpus cavernosum, vol. 14, pp. 9951-9962, 2015.

The aim of this in vivo study was to determine the existence of muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) in rat corpus cavernosum. Immunohistochemical and RT-PCR analyses were performed to determine the expression of the stem cell markers (Sca-1, Oct4, and desmin) in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats in different age groups (10 rats in each group). Sca-1 was mainly expressed in blood vessels and cavernous sinus and demonstrated primarily cytoplasmic staining. Desmin was expressed mainly in muscle tissues and staining occurred mainly in the cytoplasm but also partially in the nucleus.

Effect of chronic hypoxia on penile erectile function in rats

D. P. Yu, Liu, X. H., and Wei, A. Y., Effect of chronic hypoxia on penile erectile function in rats, vol. 14, pp. 10482-10489, 2015.

We examined the relationship between chronic hypoxia and erectile dysfunction in rat and its possible pathogenic mechanism. Forty-eight white male adult Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a test group and a control group. In accordance with the experimental time (2, 6, and 10 weeks), each group was divided into 3 subgroups, with 8 rats in each subgroup. Rats in the test group were fed in an airtight hypoxia cabin, while rats in the control group were maintained in a normal environment, with other conditions kept the same.

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