Gene transfer of extracellular SOD to the penis reduces O2-· and improves erectile function in aged rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 53-4, 2003, Pages

  Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^a   Armstrong, Jeffrey S ^b   Biggerstaff, John ^c   Abdel Mageed, Asim B ^a   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a   Champion, Hunter C ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile dysfunction; Gene therapy; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CYCLIC GMP; LUCIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZAPRINAST;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037377580     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00770.2002     Document Type: Article

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