VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RESTORES ERECTILE FUNCTION THROUGH INHIBITION OF APOPTOSIS IN DIABETIC RAT PENILE CRURA

Abstract

The decrease in and recovery of intracavernous pressure correlated significantly with a variation in anti-apoptotic protein expression in the diabetic and VEGF treated groups. To our knowledge this is the first study to show that intracavernous injection of VEGF restores erectile dysfunction through the inhibition of apoptosis in diabetic rats.