Size and ionic currents of unexcitable cells coupled to cardiomyocytes distinctly modulate cardiac action potential shape and pacemaking activity in micropatterned cell pairs

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 821-830

  McSpadden, Luke C ^a   Nguyen, Hung ^a   Bursac, Nenad ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac cell therapy; Gap junctions; Ion channels; Micropatterning; Passive cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; GENE THERAPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBRONECTINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84867182113     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.969329     Document Type: Article

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