title: [Cellular therapy of stress urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the progress and clinical application of cellular therapy for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature about cellular therapy of SUI was extensively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Because of having no or poor regeneration capacity, the clinical application of chondrocytes and myoblasts were limited. Based on the rapid progress in stem cell biology, an increasing number of animal experiments and clinical trials about cellular therapy of SUI have been reported with encouraging results. All these show that cellular therapy has great potential in clinical application. Stem cells are considered as ideal seeded-cells for treatment of SUI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cellular therapy, especially stem cells, provides a novel approach for treatment of SUI, but the mechanism needs further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan, 610041, PR China.
authors.forename: Haichao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Liangren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000628:therapy*