The Role of Gut Microbiota in Male Erectile Dysfunction of Rats.

Zhunan Xu Shangren Wang Chunxiang Liu Jia-Qi Kang Yang Pan Zhexin Zhang Hang Zhou Mingming Xu Xia Li Haoyu Wang Shuai Niu Li Liu Daqing Sun Xiao-Qiang Liu

Published in: The world journal of men's health (2024)

Intestinal microbiota disorders induced by HFD can damage the intestinal barrier of rats, change the serum metabolic profile, induce low-grade inflammation and apoptosis in the corpus cavernosum of the penis, and lead to ED.

Keyphrases

low grade
oxidative stress
high grade
emergency department
high fat diet
endoplasmic reticulum stress
cell death
metabolic syndrome