 Potassium Channel Blockers
"Potassium Channel Blockers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of drugs that act by inhibition of potassium efflux through cell membranes. Blockade of potassium channels prolongs the duration of ACTION POTENTIALS. They are used as ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS and VASODILATOR AGENTS.
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D026902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.562.500 D27.505.954.411.645
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| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Potassium Channel Blockers" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Slavov S, Stoyanova-Slavova I, Li S, Zhao J, Huang R, Xia M, Beger R. Why are most phospholipidosis inducers also hERG blockers? Arch Toxicol. 2017 Dec; 91(12):3885-3895.
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Huo J, Kamalakar A, Yang X, Word B, Stockbridge N, Lyn-Cook B, Pang L. Evaluation of Batch Variations in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiomyocytes from 2 Major Suppliers. Toxicol Sci. 2017 03 01; 156(1):25-38.
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Stoyanova-Slavova IB, Slavov SH, Buzatu DA, Beger RD, Wilkes JG. 3D-SDAR modeling of hERG potassium channel affinity: A case study in model design and toxicophore identification. J Mol Graph Model. 2017 03; 72:246-255.
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Joshi K, Shen L, Michaeli A, Salter M, Thibault-Messier G, Hashmi S, Eubanks JH, Cortez MA, Snead OC. Infantile spasms in down syndrome: Rescue by knockdown of the GIRK2 channel. Ann Neurol. 2016 10; 80(4):511-21.
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