Enhancement of Spontaneous Activity by HCN4 Overexpression in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes - A Possible Biological Pacemaker.

Establishment of a biological pacemaker is expected to solve the persisting problems of a mechanical pacemaker including the problems of battery life and electromagnetic interference. Enhancement of the funny current (If) flowing through hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) chan...

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Main Authors: Yukihiro Saito, Kazufumi Nakamura, Masashi Yoshida, Hiroki Sugiyama, Tohru Ohe, Junko Kurokawa, Tetsushi Furukawa, Makoto Takano, Satoshi Nagase, Hiroshi Morita, Kengo F Kusano, Hiroshi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4575154?pdf=render