The class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 selectively blocks the inactivating inward-rectifying potassium current in rat anterior pituitary tumor cells (GH3/B6 cells)

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Weinsberg, Frank ^a   Bauer, Christiane K ^a   Schwarz, Jürgen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; E 4031; GH3 B6 cells; HERG; Inward rectifying potassium current; Patch clamp; Sotalol; WAY 123,398

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; LANTHANUM; N METHYL N [2 [METHYL(1 METHYL 1H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 YL)AMINO]ETHYL] 4 [(METHYLSULFONYL)AMINO]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOTALOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN GH3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030887646     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050356     Document Type: Article

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