Expression of transforming growth factor-beta;1 in penile tissue from rats with bilateral cavernosal nerve ablation

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 424-428

  Hu, Wan Li ^a   Hu, Li Quan ^a   Li, Shi Wen ^a   Zheng, Xin Ming ^a   Tian, Bing Chun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavernosal nerve; Collagen fibre; Denervation; Erectile dysfunction; Penis; Smooth muscle; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COLLAGEN FIBER; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARVERNOSAL NERVE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 4344571999     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04969.x     Document Type: Article

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