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Cellular regenerative therapy in stress urinary incontinence: new frontiers?-a narrative review

Andersson KE., Williams K.

Systematic Review, published in Transl Androl Urol (2024) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Systematic Review
Journal
Transl Androl Urol (2024)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
39280677
PMCID
PMC11399031
DOI
10.21037/tau-22-682
Citations
5

Abstract (original English)

Background and objective Even if treatment with stem cells has been shown to be safe and effective in many patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), there is still room for improvement using other regenerative medicine alternatives. Since the beneficial effects of stem cells are probably mediated by secretion of factors rather than by the cells themselves there is a good rationale for further exploring the therapeutic effects of the secretome and/or its components. However, homing factors such as stromal derived growth factor 1 (SDF-1; CXCL12), stimulation of stem cell growth and stem cell mobilization in vivo using low intensity shock wave therapy (Li-ESWT) or regenerative electrical stimulation (RES), are also promising approaches. Methods A literature search was performed based on PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. The search criteria included original basic science articles, systematic reviews and randomized control trials. All studies were published between 2000 and 2023. Selected, peer-reviewed studies were further analyzed to identify those of relevance. Keywords searched included: "female stress incontinence", "homing factors", "CXCL12", "secretome", "low intensity shockwave therapy" and "regenerative electrical stimulation". The peer-reviewed publications on the key word subjects that contained a novel addition to the existing body of literature were included. K

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