Effect of HO-1 cDNA-liposome complex transfer on erectile signalling of aged rats

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-183

  Abdel Aziz, M T ^a   Mostafa, T ^a   Atta, H ^a   Mahfouz, S ^a   Wassef, M ^a   Fouad, H ^a   Kamel, M ^a   Rashed, L ^a   Sabry, D ^a   Mouhamed, O ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cavernous tissue; Erectile dysfunction; Gene therapy; Haeme oxygenase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC GMP; HEME OXYGENASE 1 PLUS COMPLEMENTARY DNA LIPOSOME COMPLEX; HEME OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; LIPOFECTAMINE; LIPOSOME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALBINO RAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISSECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; LIPOSOMES; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 65349091922     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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