Cyclic AMP-specific and cyclic GMP-specific phosphodiesterase isoenzymes in human cavernous arteries - Immunohistochemical distribution and functional significance

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 405-410

  Waldkirch, Eginhard ^a   Ückert, Stefan ^a   Yildirim, Hüseyin ^a   Sohn, Michael ^b   Jonas, Udo ^a   Stief, Christian G ^c   Andersson, Karl Erik ^d   Hedlund, Petter ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c Grosshadern Academic Hospital   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavernous arteries; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Endothelial dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Human erectile tissue; Phosphodiesterases

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PENIS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 31144476983     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-005-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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