ABBREVIATIONS
- BPH -
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- cAMP -
Cyclic adenosine 3’,5’ monophosphate
- cGMP -
Cyclic guanosine 3’,5’ monophosphate
- ED -
Erectile dysfunction
- FAP-1 -
Fas associated phosphatase-1
- FLIP -
FLICE-like inhibitory protein
- GAF -
Allosteric cGMP binding sites
- iNOS -
Inducible NO synthase
- MnSOD -
Manganese superoxide dismutase
- mRNA -
Messenger RNA
- NO -
Nitric oxide
- NSRP -
Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
- PCSC -
Prostatic cancer stem cells
- PDE -
Phosphodiesterase
- PDE5Is -
Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors
- PKA -
Protein kinase A
- PKG -
Protein kinase G
- PP1 -
Protein phosphatase 1
- PSA -
Prostate-specific antigen
- sGC -
Soluble guanylyl cyclase
- TRUS -
ten-core transrectal ultrasound