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Accounting for variability in ion current recordings using a mathematical model of artefacts in voltage-clamp experiments (2020)
Journal Article
Clerx, M., Lei, C. L., Whittaker, D. G., Gavaghan, D. J., de Boer, T. P., & Mirams, G. R. (2020). Accounting for variability in ion current recordings using a mathematical model of artefacts in voltage-clamp experiments. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378(2173), Article 20190348. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0348

Mathematical models of ion channels, which constitute indispensable components of action potential models, are commonly constructed by fitting to whole-cell patch-clamp data. In a previous study, we fitted cell-specific models to hERG1a (Kv11.1) reco... Read More about Accounting for variability in ion current recordings using a mathematical model of artefacts in voltage-clamp experiments.

Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence (2019)
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Lei, C. L., Clerx, M., Beattie, K. A., Melgari, D., Hancox, J. C., Gavaghan, D. J., …Mirams, G. R. (2019). Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence. Biophysical Journal, 117(12), 2455-2470. https://doi.org/10.1101/609719

Ion channel behavior can depend strongly on temperature, with faster kinetics at physiological temperatures leading to considerable changes in currents relative to room temperature. These temperature-dependent changes in voltage-dependent ion channel... Read More about Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence.

Four Ways to Fit an Ion Channel Model (2019)
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Clerx, M., Beattie, K., Gavaghan, D., & Mirams, G. (2019). Four Ways to Fit an Ion Channel Model. Biophysical Journal, 117(12), 2420-2437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.08.001

© 2019 Biophysical Society Mathematical models of ionic currents are used to study the electrophysiology of the heart, brain, gut, and several other organs. Increasingly, these models are being used predictively in the clinic, for example, to predict... Read More about Four Ways to Fit an Ion Channel Model.

Rapid Characterization of hERG Channel Kinetics I: Using an Automated High-Throughput System (2019)
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Lei, C. L., Clerx, M., Gavaghan, D. J., Polonchuk, L., Mirams, G. R., & Wang, K. (2019). Rapid Characterization of hERG Channel Kinetics I: Using an Automated High-Throughput System. Biophysical Journal, 117(12), 2438-2454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.07.029

Predicting how pharmaceuticals may affect heart rhythm is a crucial step in drug-development, and requires a deep understanding of a compound’s action on ion channels. In vitro hERG-channel current recordings are an important step in evaluating the p... Read More about Rapid Characterization of hERG Channel Kinetics I: Using an Automated High-Throughput System.

Reproducible model development in the Cardiac Electrophysiology Web Lab (2018)
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Daly, A. C., Clerx, M., Beattie, K. A., Cooper, J., Gavaghan, D. J., & Mirams, G. R. (2018). Reproducible model development in the Cardiac Electrophysiology Web Lab. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 139, 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.05.011

The modelling of the electrophysiology of cardiac cells is one of the most mature areas of systems biology. This extended concentration of research effort brings with it new challenges, foremost among which is that of choosing which of these models i... Read More about Reproducible model development in the Cardiac Electrophysiology Web Lab.