Gene transfer of TRPC6DN (Dominant negative) restores erectile function in diabetic rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1126-1138

  Jung, Jae Hun ^a   Kim, Byung Joo ^b   Chae, Mee Ree ^c   Kam, Sung Chul ^c   Jeon, Ju Hong ^d   So, Insuk ^d   Chung, Ky Hyun ^a   Lee, Sung Won ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Gene therapy; Gene transfer; TRPC6DN Gene

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; ION CHANNEL; PLASMID DNA; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EMBRYO CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL CULTURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRANSGENE;

EID: 77950854522     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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