Mineralocorticoid receptor expression in human penile corpus cavernosum
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Mineralocorticoid receptor expression in human penile corpus cavernosum.
OBJECTIVES Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is known to play physiological and pathophysiological roles in the cardiovascular system, and MR activation directly damages these organs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of MR and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2) in the human penile corpus cavernosum. METHODS MR and 11β-HSD2 expression was assayed in human peni...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Medical Investigation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1343-1420,1349-6867
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.60.21