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Tiraboschi RB, Neto FSL, da Cunha Tirapelli DP, de Bessa J, Miranda EP, de Assis Cirino ML, Tirapelli LF, Tucci S, Molina CAF. Expression of MicroRNAs (miR-15b, miR-16, miR-138, miR-221, and miR-222) as Biomarkers of Endothelial Corpus Cavernosum Dysfunction in a Diabetic Alcoholic Murine Model. Sex Med 2021; 9:100326. [PMID: 33676226 PMCID: PMC8072178 DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression and are related to endothelial dysfunction (EnD). Recently, miRNAs have also been explored as potential biomarkers and target molecular therapy of erectile dysfunction (ED). Could the miRNAs be the tip of the iceberg of chronic arterial disease foreshadowed by the ED? AIM To investigate the expression of miR-15b, miR-16, miR-138, miR-221, and miR-222 in corpus cavernosum (CC) and peripheral blood in a rat model of endothelium dysfunction secondary to diabetes (DM) and alcohol consumption to assess potential endothelial lesion biomarkers. METHODS Twenty males Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: control group (C), alcohol consumption group (A), diabetic group (D), diabetic-alcohol consumption group (D + A). DM was alloxan-induced and alcohol consumption was through progressive increase of ethanol concentration in drinkable water. After 7 weeks, miRNAs expressions from CC and blood sample were evaluated by real-time PCR. Functional assessment of CC was performed in an acetylcholine endothelium-dependent relaxation pharmacological study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE miRNA expression in CC and blood were evaluated; pharmacological study in CC strips was conducted to validate EnD. RESULTS We found that 3 miRNAs (miR-16, miR-221, and miR-222) were downregulated in the CC in the D+A group, while all 5 miRNAs were downregulated in the blood of D and D + A groups. The endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by acetylcholine was significantly decreased in groups A, D, and D + A. Diagnostic accuracy estimated by AUC, to discriminating groups A, D, and D + A from controls, was superior to >0.9 in all plasmatic miRNAs. CONCLUSION miRNAs downregulation was identified in both CC and blood notably in DM associated with alcohol consumption animals (D + A), the greatest endothelial injury potential group. Serum miRNAs have also demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy properties in predicting CC relaxation dysfunction labeling EnD. RB Tiraboschi, FSL Neto, DP da Cunha Tirapelli, et al. Expression of MicroRNAs (miR-15b, miR-16, miR-138, miR-221, and miR-222) as Biomarkers of Endothelial Corpus Cavernosum Dysfunction in a Diabetic Alcoholic Murine Model. Sex Med 2021;9:100326.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ricardo Brianezi Tiraboschi
- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Medical School, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil; Division of Urology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Medical School, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Urology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Urology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Schimming BC, Cirino MLDA, Lizarte Neto FS, Novais PC, Carvalho CAMD, Tirapelli DPDC, Molina CAF, Tirapelli LF, Tucci Junior S. Chronic alcoholism associated with diabetes induced apoptosis in the corpus cavernosum of rats. Acta Cir Bras 2020; 35:e202000805. [PMID: 32901682 PMCID: PMC7478468 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-865020200080000005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of alcohol exposure and diabetes on apoptotic process in the corpus cavernosum. METHODS Forty eight male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control, diabetic, alcoholic and diabetic-alcoholic. Samples of the corpus cavernosum were prepared to study protein expression of apoptotic genes (Caspases-3 and 9) by immunohistochemistry and Real-Time PCR. RESULTS The immunoreactivity of Caspases-3 and -9 was diffuse and higher in the treated groups though there was no significant difference between the experimental groups, only when compared with the control group. An increase was observed in the gene expression of Caspases-9 in the diabetic and ethanol-diabetic groups when compared with control and ethanol groups. CONCLUSIONS The association of these factors (ethanol and diabetes) probably can affect the apoptosis mechanism in lesions of the cavernous tissue in the rat penis. Both gene and protein expression of Caspase-9 in diabetic and ethanol-diabetic groups suggest the involvement of the apoptosis cascade from this study model.
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Meirelles RJDA, Lizarte Neto FS, Cirino MLDA, Novais PC, Gula IS, Silva JPD, Tazzima MDFGS, Fazan VPS, Durand MT, Tirapelli DPDC, Carvalho CAMD, Schimming BC, Molina CAF, Tucci Junior S, Tirapelli LF. Morphological and molecular analysis of apoptosis in the corpus cavernosum of rats submitted to a chronic alcoholism model. Acta Cir Bras 2020; 35:e202000305. [PMID: 32520081 PMCID: PMC7282493 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-865020200030000005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose To evaluate the effect of chronic alcoholism on morphometry and apoptosis mechanism and correlate with miRNA-21 expression in the corpus cavernosum of rats. Methods Twenty-four rats were divided into two experimental groups: Control (C) and Alcoholic group (A). After two weeks of an adaptive phase, rats from group A received only ethanol solution (20%) during 7 weeks. The morphometric and caspase-3 immunohistochemistry analysis were performed in the corpus cavernosum. The miRNA-21 expression was analyzed in blood and cavernous tissue. Results Chronic ethanol consumption decreased cavernosal smooth muscle area of alcoholic rats. The protein expression of caspase 3 in the corpus cavernosum was higher in A compared to the C group. There was no difference in the expression of miRNA-21 in serum and cavernous tissue between the groups. Conclusion Chronic ethanol consumption reduced smooth muscle area and increased caspase 3 in the corpus cavernosum of rats, without altered serum and cavernosal miR-21 gene expression.
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Alcohol intake and risk of erectile dysfunction: a dose–response meta-analysis of observational studies. Int J Impot Res 2018; 30:342-351. [DOI: 10.1038/s41443-018-0022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Gonçalves FZ, Lizarte Neto FS, Novais PC, Gattas D, Lourenço LG, de Carvalho CAM, Tirapelli DPC, Molina CAF, Tirapelli LF, Tucci S. Expression profile of endothelin receptors (ETA and ETB) and microRNAs-155 and -199 in the corpus cavernosum of rats submitted to chronic alcoholism and diabetes mellitus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [PMID: 29513879 PMCID: PMC5912101 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recent evidence shows that chronic ethanol consumption increases endothelin (ET)-1 induced sustained contraction of trabecular smooth muscle cells of the corpora cavernosa in corpus cavernosum of rats by a mechanism that involves increased expression of ETA and ETB receptors. Our goal was to evaluate the effects of alcohol and diabetes and their relationship to miRNA-155, miRNA-199 and endothelin receptors in the corpus cavernosum and blood of rats submitted to the experimental model of diabetes mellitus and chronic alcoholism. Forty-eight male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control (C), alcoholic (A), diabetic (D), and alcoholic-diabetic (AD). Samples of the corpus cavernosum were prepared to study the protein expression of endothelin receptors by immunohistochemistry and expression of miRNAs-155 and -199 in serum and the cavernous tissue. Immunostaining for endothelin receptors was markedly higher in the A, D, and AD groups than in the C group. Moreover, a significant hypoexpression of the miRNA-199 in the corpus cavernosum tissue from the AD group was observed, compared to the C group. When analyzing the microRNA profile in blood, a significant hypoexpression of miRNA-155 in the AD group was observed compared to the C group. The miRNA-199 analysis demonstrated significant hypoexpression in D and AD groups compared to the C group. Our findings in corpus cavernosum showed downregulated miRNA-155 and miRNA-199 levels associated with upregulated protein expression and unaltered mRNA expression of ET receptors suggesting decreased ET receptor turnover, which can contribute to erectile dysfunction in diabetic rats exposed to high alcohol levels.
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- F Z Gonçalves
- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Marília, Marília, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceio, AL, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Mónica FZ, Antunes E. Stimulators and activators of soluble guanylate cyclase for urogenital disorders. Nat Rev Urol 2017; 15:42-54. [DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cunha JPD, Lizarte FS, Novais PC, Gattas D, Carvalho CAMD, Tirapelli DPDC, Molina CAF, Tirapelli LF, Tucci S. Expression profiles of eNOS, iNOS and microRNA-27b in the corpus cavernosum of rats submitted to chronic alcoholism and Diabetes mellitus. Acta Cir Bras 2017; 32:38-45. [PMID: 28225916 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-865020170105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Purpose: To evaluate the expression of endothelial and inducible NOS in addition to the miRNA-27b in the corpus cavernosum and peripheral blood of healthy rats, diabetic rats, alcoholic rats and rats with both pathologies. Methods: Forty eight Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control (C), alcoholic (A), diabetic (D) and alcoholic-diabetic (AD). Samples of the corpus cavernosum were prepared to study protein expressions of eNOS and iNOS by immunohistochemistry and expression of miRNA-27b in the corpus cavernosum and peripheral blood. Results: Immunohistochemistry for eNOS and iNOS showed an increase in cavernosal smooth muscle cells in the alcoholic, diabetic and alcoholic-diabetic groups when compared with the control group. Similarly, the mRNA levels for eNOS were increased in cavernosal smooth muscle (CSM) in the alcoholic, diabetic and alcoholic-diabetic groups and miRNA-27b were decreased in CSM in the alcoholic, diabetic and alcoholic-diabetic groups. Conclusion: The major new finding of our study was an impairment of relaxation of cavernosal smooth muscle in alcoholic, diabetic, and alcoholic-diabetic rats that involved a decrease in the nitric oxide pathway by endothelium-dependent mechanisms accompanied by a change in the corpus cavernosum contractile sensitivity.
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- Joao Paulo da Cunha
- Master, Postgraduate Program in Clinical Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Acquisition and interpretation of data, manuscript writing
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- Pos-doctoral Fellow student, Postgraduate Program in Clinical Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Technical procedures, manuscript writing
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Universidade de Marília, Brazil. Technical procedures, manuscript writing
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- Fellow Master degree, Postgraduate Program in Clinical Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Manuscript writing
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- Assistant Professor, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Alagoas, Brazil and PhD Student, Clinical Surgery Postgraduate Program, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Manuscript writing
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Surgical Clinic Program, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil, Scientific and intellectual content of the study
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- Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Scientific and intellectual content of the study
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- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Scientific and intellectual content of the study
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- Associate Professor, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto-SP, Brazil. Concept, design, intellectual and scientific content of the study; critical revision; supervised all phases of the study
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Leite LN, Gonzaga NA, Tirapelli DPC, Tirapelli LF, Tirapelli CR. Pharmacological characterization of the relaxant effect induced by adrenomedullin in rat cavernosal smooth muscle. Braz J Med Biol Res 2014; 47:876-85. [PMID: 25140812 PMCID: PMC4181223 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20143911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanisms underlying the relaxant
effect of adrenomedullin (AM) in rat cavernosal smooth muscle (CSM) and the
expression of AM system components in this tissue. Functional assays using standard
muscle bath procedures were performed in CSM isolated from male Wistar rats. Protein
and mRNA levels of pre-pro-AM, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR), and Subtypes
1, 2 and 3 of the receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP) family were assessed by
Western immunoblotting and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction,
respectively. Nitrate and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α
(6-keto-PGF1α; a stable product of prostacyclin) levels were determined
using commercially available kits. Protein and mRNA of AM, CRLR, and RAMP 1, -2, and
-3 were detected in rat CSM. Immunohistochemical assays demonstrated that AM and CRLR
were expressed in rat CSM. AM relaxed CSM strips in a concentration-dependent manner.
AM22-52, a selective antagonist for AM receptors, reduced the
relaxation induced by AM. Conversely, CGRP8-37, a selective antagonist for
calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors, did not affect AM-induced relaxation.
Preincubation of CSM strips with NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME,
nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ,
quanylyl cyclase inhibitor), Rp-8-Br-PET-cGMPS (cGMP-dependent protein kinase
inhibitor), SC560 [5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-trifluoromethyl pyrazole,
selective cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitor], and 4-aminopyridine (voltage-dependent
K+ channel blocker) reduced AM-induced relaxation. On the other hand,
7-nitroindazole (selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), wortmannin
(phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor), H89 (protein kinase A inhibitor), SQ22536
[9-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-9H-purin-6-amine, adenylate cyclase inhibitor],
glibenclamide (selective blocker of ATP-sensitive K+ channels), and apamin
(Ca2+-activated channel blocker) did not affect AM-induced relaxation.
AM increased nitrate levels and 6-keto-PGF1α in rat CSM. The major new
contribution of this research is that it demonstrated expression of AM and its
receptor in rat CSM. Moreover, we provided evidence that AM-induced relaxation in
this tissue is mediated by AM receptors by a mechanism that involves the nitric
oxide-cGMP pathway, a vasodilator prostanoid, and the opening of voltage-dependent
K+ channels.
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- L N Leite
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, Departamento de Enfermagem Psiquiátrica e Ciências Humanas, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Yilmaz D, Bayatli N, Un O, Kadowitz PJ, Sikka SC, Gur S. The Effect of Intracavernosal Avanafil, a Newer Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor, on Neonatal Type 2 Diabetic Rats With Erectile Dysfunction. Urology 2014; 83:508.e7-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 10/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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