inhibition of interleukin-6 attenuates erectile dysfunction in a rat model of nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1957-1964

  Yamashita, Shinichi ^a,b   Kato, Ryuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Ko ^a   Hisasue, Shin ichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve injury; Erectile dysfunction; Inflammatory cytokines; Interleukin 6; Nerve sparing prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHAM PROCEDURE;

EID: 79960466737     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02283.x     Document Type: Article

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