Cardiac safety assays
Cardiac safety assays
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DOI:
10.1016/j.coph.2013.11.004
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发表时间:
2014-04-01
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4
通讯作者:
Dobrev, Dobromir
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作者:
Heijman, Jordi;Voigt, Niels;Dobrev, Dobromir
Cardiac safety, including the risk of drug-induced `torsades de pointes' (TdP) arrhythmia, is a major concern in the development, approval and prescription of new drugs. Assessment of surrogate markers of TdP-risk, such as QTinterval prolongation or inhibition of the rapid delayed-rectifier K+-current ('Kr) encoded by the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG), is therefore required before drug approval. Here, we review some methodologies employed to assess proarrhythmia liability of drugs, discuss the challenges involved in this process, and highlight promising novel cardiac-safety assays.