Hydrogen sulfide as a mediator of human corpus cavernosum smooth-muscle relaxation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4513-4518

  Di Villa Bianca, Roberta D'Emmanuele ^a   Sorrentino, Raffaella ^a   Maffia, Pasquale ^a,b   Mirone, Vincenzo ^a   Imbimbo, Ciro ^a   Fusco, Ferdinando ^a   De Palma, Raffaele ^c   Ignarro, Louis J ^d   Cirino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystathionine synthase (CBS); Cystathionine lyase (CSE); H2s penile erection; L cysteine

Indexed keywords

AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; SODIUM HYDROGEN SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 63449129269     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807974105     Document Type: Article

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