BDNF	Brain- derived neurotrophic factor
TrkB	Tyrosine kinase B
DAG	Diacylglycerol
H1F1a	Hypoxia inducible factor-1
Delta DD	The death domain
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
BDNF-AS	Antisense brain- de-rived neu-rotrophic factor
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
BPH	Benign prostatic hyperplasia
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
Hsd3b1	3b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
Star	Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
Cyp11a1	Cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme
TM3 Leydig cells	Normal mouse testicular Leydig cells
OS	Oxidative stress
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
ECM	Extracellular ma-trix
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinases
ED	Erectile dysfunction
DNP	Diabetic neuropathy
nNOS	nitric oxide synthase
AGEs	Advanced glycation end products
PD	Peyronie disease
TGF-β1	Transforming growth factor-β1
EPF	Epididymal fat tissue
rhBDNF	Recombinant human methionyl brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CNI	Cavernous nerve injury
BM-MSCs	Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
ADSCs	Adipose derived stem cells
lenti-rBDNF	Lentiviral vector encoding rat BDNF
LUTS	Lower urinary tract symptoms
4-MC	4-methylcatechol
MiR	MicroRNA