Treatment of erectile dysfunction: New targets and strategies from recent research

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-157

  Decaluwe K ^a   Pauwels, B ^a   Boydens, C ^a   Van De Voorde, J ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corpora cavernosa; Cyclic GMP; Erectile dysfunction; Innovative therapies; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEME OXYGENASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TOXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UROTENSIN II; CYCLIC AMP; RHOA PROTEIN, HUMAN; UROTENSIN;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE DEFICIENCY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HERB; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UPREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UROTENSINS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84901243435     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.11.024     Document Type: Review

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