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Role of identified noncoding RNA in erectile dysfunction
Author(s) -
Chen Sixiang,
Sun Xiaoping,
Wu Suliu,
Jiang Jing,
Zhu Chenfeng,
Xu Kechen,
Xu Keyang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.13596
Subject(s) - erectile dysfunction , microrna , pathogenesis , bioinformatics , non coding rna , long non coding rna , medicine , biology , rna , gene , genetics
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common male sexual dysfunction and is closely related to many risk factors such as age, chronic diseases and mental disorder. Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) is recommended as the first‐line medicine in therapy, but up to 35% of patients fail to this treatment. Unfortunately, the pathogenesis of ED is still poorly understood. Hence, it has reached the state that researchers should seek for new candidate biomarkers or therapeutic targets. Recent studies have reported that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the pathogenesis process of ED, even in stem cell therapy. In this review, we aim to summarise the mechanisms and functions of identified ncRNAs that are associated with ED.