Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) induces human corpus cavernosum relaxation by inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs): Identification of new RTK targets

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 745.e11-745.e16

  Gur, Serap ^a,b,c   Sikka, Suresh C ^a   Abdel Mageed, Asim B ^a   Abd Elmageed, Zakaria Y ^a   Rezk, Bashir ^b,c   Pankey, Edward ^a   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; APAMIN; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; IMATINIB; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84883226278     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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