How to Replace the Lost keys? Strategies Toward Safer KV7 Channel Openers

C Bock, A Link - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The highly structurally similar drugs flupirtine and retigabine have been regarded as safe
and effective for many years but lately they turned out to exert intolerable side effects. While …

Electrophysiological phenotype characterization of human iPSC‐derived neuronal cell lines by means of high‐density microelectrode arrays

S Ronchi, AP Buccino, G Prack, SS Kumar… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the field of cellular reprogramming have opened a route to studying the
fundamental mechanisms underlying common neurological disorders. High‐density …

Rosin: A comprehensive review on traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology

XQ Li, Y Chen - Fitoterapia, 2024 - Elsevier
Rosin, a natural resin obtained from conifer trees, has a long history of use in traditional folk
medicine for treating abscesses, wounds, carbuncles, and burns, etc. It has been employed …

Isopimaric acid–a multi‐targeting ion channel modulator reducing excitability and arrhythmicity in a spontaneously beating mouse atrial cell line

S Salari, M Silverå Ejneby, J Brask… - Acta …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Atrial fibrillation is the most common persistent cardiac arrhythmia, and it is not well
controlled by present drugs. Because some resin acids open voltage‐gated potassium …

Synthesis and Optimization of Kv7 (KCNQ) Potassium Channel Agonists: The Role of Fluorines in Potency and Selectivity

R Liu, T Tzounopoulos, P Wipf - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Based on the potent Kv7 agonist RL-81, we prepared new lead structures with greatly
improved selectivity for Kv7. 2/Kv7. 3 over related potassium channels, ie, Kv7. 3/Kv7. 5 …

Voltage-dependent BK and Hv1 channels expressed in non-excitable tissues: New therapeutics opportunities as targets in human diseases

FJ Morera, J Saravia, JP Pontigo… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Voltage-gated ion channels are the molecular determinants of cellular excitability. This
group of ion channels is one of the most important pharmacological targets in excitable …

[HTML][HTML] Repressing iron overload ameliorates central post-stroke pain via the Hdac2-Kv1. 2 axis in a rat model of hemorrhagic stroke

H Fang, M Li, J Yang, S Ma, L Zhang… - Neural Regeneration …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Thalamic hemorrhage can lead to the development of central post-stroke pain. Changes in
histone acetylation levels, which are regulated by histone deacetylases, affect the excitability …

The potassium channels: Neurobiology and pharmacology of tinnitus

H Lai, M Gao, H Yang - Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tinnitus is a widespread public health issue that imposes a significant social burden. The
occurrence and maintenance of tinnitus have been shown to be associated with abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] Potassium channels as promising new targets for pharmacologic treatment of tinnitus: Can Internet-based 'crowd sensing'initiated by patients speed up the …

B Langguth, AB Elgoyhen, W Schlee - Expert Opinion on …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Tinnitus, the perception of sound in the absence of a corresponding sound source is a
frequent disorder. Many pharmacological compounds have been investigated, but for none …

Atom-by-atom tuning of the electrostatic potassium-channel modulator dehydroabietic acid

M Silverå Ejneby, X Wu, NE Ottosson… - Journal of General …, 2018 - rupress.org
Dehydroabietic acid (DHAA) is a naturally occurring component of pine resin that was
recently shown to open voltage-gated potassium (KV) channels. The hydrophobic part of …