Ontogenetic profile of the expression of thyroid hormone receptors in rat and human corpora cavernosa of the penis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1381-1390

  Carosa, Eleonora ^a   Di Sante, Stefania ^a   Rossi, Simona ^a   Castri, Alessandra ^a   D'Adamo, Fabio ^a   Gravina, Giovanni Luca ^a   Ronchi, Piero ^b   Kostrouch, Zdenek ^c   Dolci, Susanna ^d   Lenzi, Andrea ^e   Jannini, Emmanuele A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Urology Functional Unit   (Italy)

^c Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpora Cavernosa; Erectile Dysfunction; Thyroid Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction; Thyroid Hormone Receptor

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA2; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 77955237973     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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