Fibroblasts enable penile erection

Science. 2024 Feb 9;383(6683):588-589. doi: 10.1126/science.adn5182. Epub 2024 Feb 8.

Authors

Ji-Kan Ryu¹, Gou Young Koh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology and Medical Research Center for Controlling Intercellular Communications, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
² Center for Vascular Research, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 38330119
DOI: 10.1126/science.adn5182

Abstract

Perivascular fibroblasts may underlie erectile dysfunction.

MeSH terms

Animals
Erectile Dysfunction* / therapy
Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1*
Fibroblasts* / metabolism
Fibroblasts* / physiology
Humans
Male
Mice
Penile Erection*

Substances

Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1