A 2B adenosine receptor contributes to penile erection via PI3K/AKT signaling cascade-mediated eNOS activation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2823-2830

  Wen, Jiaming ^a,b   Grenz, Almut ^c   Zhang, Yujin ^a   Dai, Yingbo ^a,b   Kellems, Rodney E ^a   Blackburn, Michael R ^a   Eltzschig, Holger K ^c   Xia, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD73; Erectile function; Shear stress; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE A2B RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; ADENOSINE; NOS3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80051688464     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-181057     Document Type: Article

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