Research Fellowship

离子通道是可兴奋膜的分子孔，促进离子和有机溶质穿过细胞膜。越来越多的人类和动物疾病是由于离子通道功能失常而导致的，这些离子通道成为重要的治疗靶点，这些靶点由一系列目前处方的药物调节。近年来，科学和医学界已经越来越意识到机械敏感离子通道在包括心脏肥大和心律失常在内的疾病的病理学中所起的作用。

Ion channels are molecular pores of excitable membranes facilitating passage of ions and organic solutes across cellular membranes. An ever-increasing number of human and animal diseases result from malfunctioning ion channels making them to important therapeutic targets, which are modulated by a range of currently prescribed drugs. In the recent years the scientific and medical community has become increasingly aware of the role that mechanosensitive ion channels play in pathology of diseases including cardiac hyperthrophy and arrhythmias.