Molecular basis of funny current (If) in normal and failing human heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-299

  Stillitano, Francesca ^a   Lonardo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Zicha, Stephen ^b   Varro, Andras ^c   Cerbai, Elisabetta ^a   Mugelli, Alessandro ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Electrophysiology; Gene expression; Human heart failure; Hyperpolarization activated Cyclin Nucleotide gated channel; Ischemic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIN NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 48849089617     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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