The sexual long COVID (SLC): erectile dysfunction as a biomarker of systemic complications for COVID-19 long haulers

A Sansone, D Mollaioli, E Limoncin… - Sexual Medicine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Long term complications of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2,
involve many organ systems, dramatically worsening the quality of life, and finally …

Sildenafil for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

O Sanders - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling is compromised in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), and phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), which degrades cGMP, is …

Tadalafil alleviates cisplatin-induced reproductive toxicity through the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway and the inhibition of oxidative stress and apoptosis in male …

BA Abdel-Wahab, SA Alkahtani, EAM Elagab - Reproductive Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Tadalafil mitigated cisplatin-induced testicular toxicity in male rats.•Tadalafil
antagonized cisplatin-induced oxidative stress and inflammatory markers.•Tadalafil acts by …

Could oral phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors have a potential adjuvant role in combating COVID-19 infection?

T Mostafa - Sexual medicine reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The recent global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has
become a pandemic with a lot of sufferers. Excessive inflammation, exaggerated immune …

PDE5 inhibitors: breaking new grounds in the treatment of COVID-19

R Varghese, G Digholkar, J Karsiya, S Salvi… - Drug metabolism and …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Introduction Despite the ever-increasing occurrences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
cases around the world, very few medications have been validated in the clinical trials to …

[HTML][HTML] Role of ADMA/DDAH-1 and iNOS/eNOS signaling in the gastroprotective effect of tadalafil against indomethacin-induced gastric injury

YT Mohamed, IA Naguib, AA Abo-Saif… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)-induced gastric ulcers represent a
significant clinical concern and adversely affect the quality of life. Inducible nitric oxide …

Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

P Dorsey, C Keel, M Klavens… - Expert opinion on …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance to the field: Since sildenafil was introduced 10 years ago, highly selective
phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) have changed the medical management of …

Protective effect of tadalafil on ischemia/reperfusion injury of rat ovary

DC Arikan, V Bakan, EB Kurutas, H Sayar… - Journal of pediatric …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of tadalafil
(TDF) on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rat ovaries. METHODS: Thirty-five female …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and dermal toxicity analysis of Sildenafil citrate based topical hydrogel formulation against traumatic wounds

S Kulshrestha, R Chawla, MT Alam, JS Adhikari… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sildenafil Citrate (SC) is a US FDA approved drug, have been used to treat wounds due to
their nitric oxide (NO) stimulating activity in the tissue. But, there are only a few studies about …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial heat-stable enterotoxins: translation of pathogenic peptides into novel targeted diagnostics and therapeutics

JE Lin, M Valentino, G Marszalowicz, MS Magee, P Li… - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Heat-stable toxins (STs) produced by enterotoxigenic bacteria cause endemic and traveler's
diarrhea by binding to and activating the intestinal receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) …