Rapid reduction in blood flow to the rat ventral prostate gland after castration: Preliminary evidence that androgens influence prostate size by regulating blood flow to the prostate gland and prostatic endothelial cell survival

Prostate

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Shabsigh, Ahmad ^a   Chang, David T ^a   Heitjan, Daniel F ^a   Kiss, Alex ^a   Olsson, Carl A ^a   Puchner, Peter J ^a   Buttyan, Ralph ^a,b  

^a Department of Urology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Biostatistics College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Apoptosis; Blood flow; Castration; Endothelial cells; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASTRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT;

EID: 0031851943     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980801)36:3<201::AID-PROS9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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