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Vardenafil improves penile erection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with erectile dysfunction: role of tropomyosin.

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Vardenafil administration improved erectile functionality in controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with ED, which was associated with reduction of circulating plasma β-tropomyosin levels and a possible new mechanism involved in ED.
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This article is published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 6 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vardenafil & cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5.

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Erectile Dysfunction: AUA Guideline.

TL;DR: This document is designed to be used in conjunction with the associated treatment algorithm, and all patients should be informed of all treatment modalities that are not contraindicated, regardless of invasiveness or irreversibility, as potential first‐line treatments.
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Therapeutic Potential of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors for Endothelial Dysfunction- Related Diseases.

TL;DR: The effects of PDE inhibitors in CVD related to altered endothelial function, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, stroke, aging and cirrhosis are discussed, increasing the evidence that these drugs are potential treatment strategies for vascular dysfunction and reinforcing their potential role in the pharmacotherapy of CVD.
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Integrins: Bidirectional, Allosteric Signaling Machines

TL;DR: Current structural and cell biological data suggest models for how integrins transmit signals between their extracellular ligand binding adhesion sites and their cytoplasmic domains, which link to the cytoskeleton and to signal transduction pathways.
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Metabolic syndrome--a new world-wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation.

TL;DR: A unified working diagnostic tool for the metabolic syndrome that is convenient to use in clinical practice and that can be used world-wide so that data from different countries can be compared.
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Diagnostic evaluation of the erectile function domain of the International Index of Erectile Function.

TL;DR: The EF domain possesses favorable statistical properties as a diagnostic tool, not only in distinguishing between men with and without erectile dysfunction, but also in classifying levels of ED severity.
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Apolipoprotein A-I inhibits the production of interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α by blocking contact-mediated activation of monocytes by T lymphocytes

TL;DR: Functional assays and flow cytometry analyses show that high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated apo A-I inhibits contact-mediated activation of monocytes by binding to stimulated T cells, thus inhibiting TNF-alpha and IL-1beta production at both protein and messenger RNA levels.
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