Fig. 9From: Nrf2 enhances the therapeutic efficiency of adipose-derived stem cells in the treatment of neurogenic erectile dysfunction in a rat modelNrf2 enhanced ability of ADSCs in preventing fibrosis in the corpus cavernosum and increasing cavernosal smooth muscle content. A Representative images of Masson trichrome staining in penile specimen. Smooth muscle and collagen were stained in red and blue, respectively. B Quantitative analysis of smooth muscle and collagen ratios in each group. The ratio decreased significantly in the PBS group. In addition, the tBQH-ADSCs group exhibited higher ratio than both ADSCs and ML385-ADSCs groups. Each bar depicts the mean ± SD (n = 4). (****P < 0.0001, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01 and *P < 0.05)Back to article page