The role of PDE5 inhibitors in heme oxygenase-cgmp relationship in rat cavernous tissues

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1636-1645

  Aziz, M Talaat Abdel ^a   Mostafa, Taymour ^a   Atta, Hazem ^a   Rashed, Laila ^a   Marzouk, Samar A ^a   Obaia, Eman M ^a   Sabry, Dina ^a   Hassouna, Amira A ^a   El Shehaby, Amal M ^a   Aziz, Ahmed T Abdel ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cGMP; Heme oxygenase; PDE5 inhibitors; Sildenafil; Tadalafil; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; LIVITRA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949121607     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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