Dysregulation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase 1 (PKG-1) impairs erectile function in diabetic rats: Influence of in vivo gene therapy of PKG1α

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1488-1494

  Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^a   Kendirci, Muammer ^b   Champion, Hunter C ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^b   Andersson, Karl Erik ^c   Hedlund, Petter ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cGMP; Corpus cavernosum; Diabetes; Gene transfer; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAVERNOSUM NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; IMPOTENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34447294864     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06794.x     Document Type: Article

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