Age-related changes in kallikreins-kinins system in rat corpus cavernosum

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Wang, T ^a   Wan, Z H ^a   Liu, J H ^a   Chen, M Y ^a   Chen, R B ^a   Yang, W M ^a   Ye, Z Q ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Erectile dysfunction; Kallikreins kinins

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR; KALLIKREIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KALLIKREIN KININ SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KALLIKREIN-KININ SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, BRADYKININ B2; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE KALLIKREINS;

EID: 78651266917     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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