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ArticleCurrent topics in membranes2016

Cardiac Na Channels: Structure to Function.

K R DeMarco, C E Clancy

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Article in Current topics in membranes, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
15.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K R DeMarcoUniversity of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
C E ClancyUniversity of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

In silico Safety PharmacologyR01HL128537 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CLANCY, COLLEEN E, SANTANA, LUIS F · 2016 to 2024
$5.7M
Predictive multiscale in silico cardio-pharmacologyU01HL126273 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CLANCY, COLLEEN E · 2015 to 2019
$3.8M
A Systems Biology Approach to Study Cardiac Arrhythmias: iPS Cells and In Silico ModelingR01HL128170 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ALTMAN, RUSS BIAGIO, CLANCY, COLLEEN E · 2015 to 2018
$3.0M
Pharmacogenomics and antiarrhythmic therapy: An in silico investigationR01HL085592 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CLANCY, COLLEEN E · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085592NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128170NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128537NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL126273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart rhythms arise from electrical activity generated by precisely timed opening and closing of ion channels in individual cardiac myocytes. Opening of the primary cardiac voltage-gated sodium (NaV1.5) channel initiates cellular depolarization and the propagation of an electrical action potential that promotes coordinated contraction of the heart. The regularity of these contractile waves is critically important since it drives the primary function of the heart: to act as a pump that delivers blood to the brain and vital organs. When electrical activity goes awry during a cardiac arrhythmia, the pump does not function, the brain does not receive oxygenated blood, and death ensues. Perturbations to NaV1.5 may alter the structure, and hence the function, of the ion channel and are associated downstream with a wide variety of cardiac conduction pathologies, such as arrhythmias.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAllosteric RegulationAnimalsChannelopathiesHumansMyocytes, CardiacNAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein SubunitsVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsNAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelProtein SubunitsVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsKinetic processesNa channelNa(V)1.5SCN5AStructure and function

Identifiers

PMID27586288
PMCPMC5398315
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