Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Transfection Reduces Apoptosis in Human Penile Smooth Muscle Cells and Slows Down Cellular Aging

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 494-504

  Wu, Xiaojun ^a   Song, Bo ^a   Zhang, Jiahua ^a   Li, Longkun ^a   Ji, Huixiang ^a   Lu, Gensheng ^a   Chen, Zhiwen ^a   Li, Weibing ^a   Zhou, Zhansong ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile dysfunction; Gene transfection; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Smooth muscle cell; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MALE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 84856540740     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02603.x     Document Type: Article

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