PATTERNS OF MESSENGER RNA EXPRESSION FOR alpha 1-ADRENOCEPTOR SUBTYPES IN HUMAN CORPUS CAVERNOSUM
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 160 (2) , 597-600
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62965-3
Abstract
Conclusion These results suggest that alpha 1a-adrenoceptor subtype is important and that understanding the biochemical and functional characteristics of this subtype may lead to the development of specific antagonists in the treatment of impotence.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Quantification of α1-Adrenoceptor Subtypes in Human Tissues by Competitive RT-PCR AnalysisBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1995
- A Heterogeneous Population of Alpha sub 1 Adrenergic Receptors Mediates Contraction of Human Corpus Cavernosum Smooth Muscle to NorepinephrineJournal of Urology, 1995
- Expression of α1-adrenoceptor subtypes in rat tissues: implications for α1-adrenoceptor classificationEuropean Journal of Pharmacology: Molecular Pharmacology, 1994
- Cloning, Expression and Characterization of Human α Adrenergic Receptors α1a, α1b and α1cBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1994
- Cloning, Functional Expression and Tissue Distribution of Human cDNA for the α1C-Adrenergic ReceptorBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1993
- Effects of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG‐nitro‐L‐arginine on the erectile response to cavernous nerve stimulation in the rabbitActa Physiologica Scandinavica, 1991
- Molecular cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding a human α1A adrenergic receptorBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1991
- Maintenance Treatment of Erectile Impotence by Cavernosal Unstriated Muscle Relaxant InjectionThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1986
- Cavernosal Alpha-Blockade: A New Technique for Investigating and Treating Erectile ImpotenceThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1983
- ADRENORECEPTORS IN THE HUMAN PENISJournal of Autonomic Pharmacology, 1981