Adrenomedullin and Angiopoietin-1 additively restore erectile function in diabetic rats: Comparison with the combination therapy of vascular endothelial growth factor and Angiopoietin-1

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1707-1719

  Nishimatsu, Hiroaki ^a   Suzuki, Etsu ^b   Nomiya, Akira ^a   Niimi, Aya ^a   Suzuki, Motofumi ^a   Fujimura, Tetsuya ^a   Fukuhara, Hiroshi ^a   Homma, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Angiopoietin 1; Diabetes And Erectile Function; Erectile Dysfunction; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLUCOSE; STREPTOZOCIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VIRUS EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84879843942     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12177     Document Type: Article

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