“…As adult stem cells, USCs are believed to have potential in regenerative medicine in addition to urological applications. Other potential application areas may include stress urinary incontinence [ 31 , 32 ], erectile dysfunction [ 18 , 33 ], acute kidney injury [ 24 , 34 ], chronic kidney disease [ 35 ], vascular diseases [ 22 ], diabetes mellitus [ 36 , 37 ], diabetic nephropathy [ 38 , 39 ], chronic liver injury [ 40 ], inflammatory bowel diseases [ 41 ], neuron regeneration [ 42 ], osteonecrosis of the femoral head [ 43 ], bone [ 44 , 45 ] and cartilage regeneration [ 46 ], and skin wounds healing [ 47 ]. Induced pluripotent stem cells generated from urine-derived cells or USCs can further expand the application areas [ 48 ], such as in cardiac repair [ 49 ], dental reconstruction [ 50 ], disease modeling and drug screening [ 51–57 ].…”