Search Results - "Mohamed eChahine"
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Biophysics, pathophysiology, and pharmacology of ion channel gating pores
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (03-04-2014)“…Voltage sensor domains (VSDs) are a feature of voltage gated ion channels (VGICs) and voltage sensitive proteins. They are composed of four transmembrane (TM)…”
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Recent advances in voltage-gated sodium channels, their pharmacology and related diseases
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Mutations in the Voltage Sensors of Domains I and II of Nav1.5 that are Associated with Arrhythmias and Dilated Cardiomyopathy Generate Gating Pore Currents
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (2015)“…Voltage gated sodium channels (Nav) are transmembrane proteins responsible for action potential initiation. Mutations mainly located in the voltage sensor…”
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Correlation of the electrophysiological profiles and sodium channel transcripts of individual rat dorsal root ganglia neurons
Published in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience (19-09-2014)“…Voltage gated sodium channels (Nav channels) play an important role in nociceptive transmission. They are intimately tied to the genesis and transmission of…”
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Sudden death of cardiac origin and psychotropic drugs
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (01-01-2012)“…Mortality rate is high in psychiatric patients versus general population. An important cause of this increased mortality is sudden cardiac death (SCD) as a…”
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New insights into cardiac and brain sodium channels modulation by Beta blockers
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MTSET modification of D4S6 cysteines stabilize the fast inactivated state of Nav1.5 sodium channels
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (2015)“…The transmembrane S6 segments of Na(+) sodium channels form the cytoplasmic entrance of the channel and line the internal aspects of the aqueous pore. This…”
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Regulatory role of voltage-gated sodium channel β subunits in sensory neurons
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (01-11-2011)“…Voltage-gated Na+ channels are transmembrane-bound proteins incorporating aqueous conduction pores that are highly selective for Na+. The opening of these…”
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Recent advances in voltage-gated sodium channels, their pharmacology, and related diseases
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Mexiletine differentially restores the trafficking defects caused by two brugada syndrome mutations
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (01-01-2012)“…The human cardiac sodium channel Na(v)1.5 encoded by the SCN5A gene plays a critical role in cardiac excitability and the propagation of action potentials…”
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Sodium overload due to a persistent current that attenuates the arrhythmogenic potential of a novel LQT3 mutation
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (01-01-2013)“…Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a congenital abnormality of cardiac repolarization that manifests as a prolonged QT interval on 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs)…”
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