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., Polonchuk, L., Wang, K., & 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.

Defining vitamin D status using multi-metabolite mathematical modelling: a pregnancy perspective (2019)
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Beentjes, C., Taylor-King, J., Bayani, A., Davis, C., Dunster, J., Jabbari, S., Mirams, G., Jenkinson, C., Kilby, M., Hewison, M., & Tamblyn, J. (2019). Defining vitamin D status using multi-metabolite mathematical modelling: a pregnancy perspective. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 190, 152-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.03.024

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as pre-eclampsia (PET) but remains defined by serum measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) alone. To identify broader changes in vitamin D metabolism during normal and PET preg... Read More about Defining vitamin D status using multi-metabolite mathematical modelling: a pregnancy perspective.