title: [Expression of the kallikreins-kinins system in the corpus cavernosum of rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the expression of the kallikreins-kinins system in the corpus cavernosum of rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  The expression of tissue kallikrein I and kinin B2 receptor gene in the corpus cavernosum and heart of adult rats was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The tissue kallikrein I and kinin B2 receptor were detected in the corpus cavernosum as well as in the heart of the rats and the contents were similar.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A kallikreins-kinins system exists in the corpus cavernosum of rats, and the content is rich, almost similar to that in the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ji-hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Heng-jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhang-qun
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010413:Penis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins