Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors and Visual Side Effects: A Narrative Review
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors such as sildenafil citrate and tadalafil are well known for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. However, their use in the presence of pulmonary hypertension can cause ophthalmologic side effects, including non ...
Francisco Barroso +2 more
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TDP1/TOP1 ratio as a promising indicator for the response of small cell lung cancer to topotecan [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most challenging tumors to treat due to high proliferation rate, early metastatic dissemination and rapid development of chemotherapy resistance.
El-Khamisy, Sherif F +3 more
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Pharmacotherapy of erectile dysfunction: Current standards
Pharmacotherapy is currently the therapeutic option of choice for erectile dysfunction. Comprising mainly intracavernosal injection therapy using alprostadil or alprostadil combined with phentolamine and/or papaverine and oral phosphodiesterase-5 ...
Kew-Kim Chew
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New and developing non-adrenoreceptor small molecule drugs for the treatment of asthma [PDF]
Introduction: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) alone or in combination with an inhaled long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) are the preferred long-term treatment for adults and adolescents with symptomatic asthma.
Thomson, Neil C.
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cAMP-Signalling Regulates Gametocyte-Infected Erythrocyte Deformability Required for Malaria Parasite Transmission. [PDF]
Blocking Plasmodium falciparum transmission to mosquitoes has been designated a strategic objective in the global agenda of malaria elimination. Transmission is ensured by gametocyte-infected erythrocytes (GIE) that sequester in the bone marrow and at ...
A Dawn +74 more
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Tadalafil modulates aromatase activity and androgen receptor expression in a human osteoblastic cell in vitro model [PDF]
Purpose Phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor (PDE5i) tadalafil administration in men with erectile dysfunction is associated with increased testosterone/estradiol ratio, leading to hypothesize a potential increased effect of androgen action on target ...
Aversa, Antonio +8 more
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Is phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use associated with condom breakage? [PDF]
This is an open access article - Copyright © 2009 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.We tested the hypothesis that phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) use would be associated with increased likelihood of condom breakage using an
Crosby, RA +3 more
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Identification of murine phosphodiesterase 5A isoforms and their functional characterization in HL-1 cardiac cell line [PDF]
Phosphodiesterase 5A (PDE5A) specifically degrades the ubiquitous second messenger cGMP and experimental and clinical data highlight its important role in cardiac diseases.
Barbagallo, Federica +13 more
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Use of the KlADH3 promoter for the quantitative production of the murine PDE5A isoforms in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis [PDF]
Background: Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are a superfamily of enzymes that hydrolyse cyclic nucleotides (cAMP/ cGMP), signal molecules in transduction pathways regulating crucial aspects of cell life.
Biagioni, Stefano +5 more
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