Improved bladder contractility after transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing hepatocyte growth factor into underactive bladder from bladder outlet obstruction models of rats

Jae Heon Kim; Hee Jo Yang; Sung Sik Choi; Seung U. Kim; Hong J. Lee; Yun Seob Song

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261402

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Improved bladder contractility after transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing hepatocyte growth factor into underactive bladder from bladder outlet obstruction models of rats

Jae Heon Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae Heon Kim, Hee Jo Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hee Jo Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae Heon Kim, Hee Jo Yang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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Sung Sik Choi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Medical Science Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheong Ju, Republic of Korea
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Seung U. Kim,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, UBC Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Hong J. Lee ,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: leehj71@gmail.com (HJL); yssong@schmc.ac.kr (YSS)

Affiliation Medical Science Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheong Ju, Republic of Korea
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Yun Seob Song

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: leehj71@gmail.com (HJL); yssong@schmc.ac.kr (YSS)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0909-3341

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Improved bladder contractility after transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing hepatocyte growth factor into underactive bladder from bladder outlet obstruction models of rats

Jae Heon Kim,
Hee Jo Yang,
Sung Sik Choi,
Seung U. Kim,
Hong J. Lee,
Yun Seob Song

Published: December 22, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261402

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