The pericyte as a cellular regulator of penile erection and a novel therapeutic target for erectile dysfunction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yin, Guo Nan ^a   Das, Nando Dulal ^a   Choi, Min Ji ^a   Song, Kang Moon ^a   Kwon, Mi Hye ^a   Ock, Jiyeon ^a   Limanjaya, Anita ^a   Ghatak, Kalyan ^a   Kim, Woo Jean ^a   Hyun, Jae Seog ^b   Koh, Gou Young ^c   Ryu, Ji Kan ^a   Suh, Jun Kyu ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PERICYTE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOMARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERICYTES; PERMEABILITY; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84930644911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10891     Document Type: Article

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