Publications since 2014
1) Fu, S. Tar, M.T., Melman, A. and Davies, K.P. (2014) Opiorphin is a master regulator of the hypoxic response in corporal smooth muscle cells. FASEB Journal, 28(8):3633-44
2) ) Wang, Y., Tar, M.T., Wang, H.Z., Fu, S., Melman, A. and Davies, K.P. (2014) Diabetes induced changes in tension and phasic contractions of isolated bladder strips correlate with modulated Kv7 channel activity. International Journal of Urology, 21(10):1059-64.
3) Tar, M.T., Martinez, L.R., Nosanchuk, J.D. and Davies, K.P. (2014) An animal model for the effects of methamphetamine on erectile function. Andrology 2(4):531-6
4) Bosler, J., Davies K.P. and Neal-Perry, G. (2014) Peptides in Seminal Fluid and their Role in Infertility: A potential role for opiorphin inhibition of neutral endopeptidase activity as a factor in sperm motility. Reproductive Sciences. 21(11):1334-40.
5) Tar, M.T., Cabrales, P., Mahantesh, N., Nacharaju, P., Friedman, A., Friedman, J. and Davies, K.P. (2014) Nanoparticles encapsulating NO can increase intracorporal pressure and elicit spontaneous erections in a rat model of radical prostatectomy. J Sex Med 11(12) 2903-14. PMID: 25302850
6) Fu, S., Davies, K.P. (2015) Opiorphin-dependent upregulation of CD73 (a key enzyme in the adenosine signaling pathway) in corporal smooth muscle cells exposed to hypoxic conditions and in corporal tissue in pre-priapic sickle cell mice. Int J Impot Res. 27(4); 140-5. PMID: 25833166
7) Davies, K.P. (2015) Development and therapeutic applications of nitric oxide releasing materials to treat erectile dysfunction. Future Science OA.1(1): FSO53.PMID: 27019746.
8) Musicki, B., Bella, A.J., Bivalacqua, T.J., Davies, K.P., DiSanto, M.E., Gonzalez-Cadavid, N.F., Hannan, J.L., Kim, N.N., Podlasek, C.A., Wingard, C.J. and Burnett, A.L. (2015) Basic Science Evidence for the Link Between Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiometabolic Dysfunction. J Sex Med. 12(12):2233-55. PMID: 26646025.
9) Ahmadi, M, Lee, H.H., Sanchez D.A., Friedman A.J., Tar M.T., Davies K.P., Nosanchuk J.D., Martinez, L.R. (2016) Sustained nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles induce cell death in Candida albicans yeast and hyphal cells preventing biofilm formation in vitro and in a rodent central venous catheter model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26810653
10) Stern, J.M., Moazami, S., Qiu,Y., Kurland, I. Chen, Z., Agalliu, I., Burk, R., Davies, K.P. (2016) Evidence for a Distinct Gut Microbiome in Kidney Stone Formers Compared to Non-stone Formers (In Press).