Pathophysiology of diabetic erectile dysfunction: potential contribution of vasa nervorum and advanced glycation endproducts.

S Cellek, N E Cameron, M A Cotter, A Muneer

Department of Translational Medicine, Cranfield Health, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK. s.cellek@cranfield.ac.uk

International journal of impotence research 2013 Jan

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Erectile dysfunction (ED) due to diabetes mellitus remains difficult to treat medically despite advances in pharmacotherapeutic approaches in the field. This unmet need has resulted in a recent re-focus on the pathophysiology, in order to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to ED in diabetes. Diabetes-induced ED is often resistant to PDE5 inhibitor treatment, thus there is a need to discover targets that may lead to novel approaches for a successful treatment. The aim of this brief review is to update the reader in some of the latest development on that front, with a particular focus on the role of impaired neuronal blood flow and the formation of advanced glycation endproducts.

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S Cellek, N E Cameron, M A Cotter, A Muneer. Pathophysiology of diabetic erectile dysfunction: potential contribution of vasa nervorum and advanced glycation endproducts. International journal of impotence research. 2013 Jan;25(1):1-6