Ion Channel Pharmacology

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to a Special Issue of Pharmaceuticals. Ion channels are distributed throughout the human body and play vital roles in excitable but also in non-excitable cells. Consequently, channelopathies caused by the dysfunction of ion channel subunits or their interacting proteins can result in multiple and complex diseases and syndromes. So far, a high number of pharmacological tools have been developed, and their development is still ongoing to treat channelopathies. Some drugs block specific ion channels, such as the various classic Class I-IV anti-arrhythmic drugs, while others promote ion channel expression, trafficking, or function. Unfortunately, drugs can also have side effects since ion channels, for example sodium channels, are present in multiple organs, like brain and heart, making successful drug treatments complicated. In this Special Issue on “Ion Channel Pharmacology”, original research articles, review articles, or other article types related to old and new drug testing, side effects, or new target discovery for the treatment of all types of channelopathies are particularly welcome.

Dr. Arie O. Verkerk
Dr. Mathilde R. Rivaud
Guest Editors

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• ion channels

• channelopathies
• ion channel pharmacology
• pharmacotherapy
• channelopathies