New strategies in ion channel screening for drug discovery: Are there ways to improve its productivity?

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1103-1107

  Farre, Cecilia ^a   Fertig, Niels ^a  

^a NANION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated patch clamp; Drug discovery; High throughput screening; Ion channel screening

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

AUTOMATED PATCH CLAMP; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HEART DISEASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRENDS;

DRUG DISCOVERY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84907434110     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: 1746045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2014.942217     Document Type: Review

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