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ArticleStem cells translational medicine2017

Efficacy and Initial Safety Profile of CXCL12 Treatment in a Rodent Model of Urinary Sphincter Deficiency.

J Koudy Williams, Ashley Dean, Shannon Lankford, Karl-Erik Andersson

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Article in Stem cells translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Shaping the future of urogynecology through regenerative medicine.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2025
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  2. Local tissue response to a C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 therapy for fecal incontinence in a rabbit model.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

J Koudy WilliamsWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-4610-6412
Ashley DeanWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Shannon LankfordWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Karl-Erik AnderssonWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Forest Institute · USAarhus University Hospital · DKAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · US

Funding

Regeneration of the Lower Urinary Tract in Nonhuman PrimatesR01DK083688 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WILLIAMS, JAMES KOUDY · 2009 to 2016
$4.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disappointing results of skeletal muscle precursor cell (skMPC) therapy for women with intrinsic urinary sphincter deficiency (ISD) associated urinary incontinence has increased interest in alternative sphincter regenerative approaches. This study was to measure the safety and efficacy of the cell homing chemokine CXCL12 versus skMPCs in a rat model of ISD. Thirty-six adult female Sprague Dawley rats were divided into 6 treatment (Tx) conditions: (a) no ISD/noTx [Control]; (b) ISD/noTx; (c) ISD + skMPCs; (d) ISD + 3.5 mg CXCL12; (e) ISD + 7mg CXCL12; and (f) ISD + 14 mg CXCL12. Tx's were injected directly into the sphincter complex 30 days post ISD and rats euthanized 30 days post Tx. Blood samples for measurements of kidney and liver function, white and red blood cell counts, were taken at baseline and at euthanasia. Leak point pressures (LPP) were measured prior to, and sphincter collagen/muscle content measured after, euthanasia. There were no effects of treatments on white or red/white blood cell counts, kidney/liver function tests or histopathology of the urinary sphincter complex or surrounding tissues. ISD lowered LPP 35% and sphincter muscle content by 17% versus control rats. CXCL12, but not skMPC injections, restored both LPP to control values in a dose-dependent fashion. Both skMPCs and CXCL12 restored sphincter muscle content to control values. This chemokine approach may represent a novel therapeutic option for ISD and appears, at least short-term, to produce little clinical or tissue pathology. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2017;6:1740-1746.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood Cell CountChemokine CXCL12FemaleKidneyLiverRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUrethral DiseasesUrinary IncontinenceChemokine CXCL12CXCL12Intrinsic urinary sphincter deficiencySkeletal muscle precursor cellsStress urinary incontinenceStromal derived factor-1α

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PMID28714578
PMCPMC5689781
OpenAlexW2735815015

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