Effect of endothelial cell-based iNOS gene transfer on cavernosal eNOS expression and mouse erectile responses

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 438-445

  Wessells, H ^a,b   Teal, T H ^a   Luttrell, I P ^a   Sullivan, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Gene expression; iNOS

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; L N6 (1 IMINOETHYL)LYSINE HYDROCHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG INHIBITION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; PENILE ERECTION; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 33748296220     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901464     Document Type: Article

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