Androgen depletion in humans leads to cavernous tissue reorganization and upregulation of Sirt1-eNOS axis

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-47

  Tomada, Inês ^a,b   Tomada, Nuno ^b,c   Almeida, Henrique ^a,b   Neves, Delminda ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS); Human cavernous tissue; Hypogonadism; Sirtuin 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; SIRTUIN 1; SPIRONOLACTONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; SIRTUIN 1; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872595357     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9328-z     Document Type: Article

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