Down-regulation of endothelin-B receptor sites in cavernosal tissue of hypercholesterolaemic rabbits

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-134

  Sullivan, M E ^a   Dashwood, M R ^a   Thompson, C S ^a   Mikhailidisf, D P ^a   Morgan, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Endothelin B receptor; Endothelin 1; Erectile dysfunction; Hypercholesterolaemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DENSITOMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOWN-REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN;

EID: 0031815347     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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