Journal: Sexual Medicine
Article Title: Extracorporeal Shock Waves Therapy Delivered by Aries Improves Erectile Dysfunction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Through Penile Tissue Remodeling and Neovascularization
doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.08.006
Figure Lengend Snippet: Representative images of SHR corpus cavernosum sections immunostained for CD31 and semiquantitative evaluation of CD31. Sections of penis were obtained in sham rats (Panel A) or rats who received the Li-ESWT protocol delivered by Aries (Panel B). Immunopositive cells stained brown (arrows). Magnification: ×40 (left panel), ×400 (right panel). The mean number of dots is presented in Panel C. Li-ESWT = low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy; SHR = spontaneously hypertensive rat.
Article Snippet: Antibody against CD31 (1:500, Mouse Monoclonal CD31/PECAM-1 Antibody; Bio-Techne, Lille Cedex, France) was used as a marker of penile microvascularization.
Techniques: Staining