Research Fellowship

离子通道是可激发膜上的分子孔，便于离子和有机溶质通过细胞膜。越来越多的人类和动物疾病是由于离子通道发生故障而导致的，这些离子通道使它们成为重要的治疗靶点，而这些靶点受到一系列当前处方药物的调节。近年来，科学界和医学界越来越意识到机械敏感离子通道在心脏肥大和心律失常等疾病的病理过程中所起的作用。

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.