TY - JOUR T1 - A Latin American Perspective on Ion Channels JF - Molecular Pharmacology JO - Mol Pharmacol SP - 286 LP - 287 DO - 10.1124/mol.116.105510 VL - 90 IS - 3 AU - Ana Belén Elgoyhen AU - Carlos Barajas-López Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/90/3/286.abstract N2 - Ion channels, both ligand- and voltage-gated, play fundamental roles in many physiologic processes. Alteration in ion channel function underlies numerous pathologies, including hypertension, diabetes, chronic pain, epilepsy, certain cancers, and neuromuscular diseases. In addition, an increasing number of inherited and de novo ion channel mutations have been shown to contribute to disease states. Ion channels are thus a major class of pharmacotherapeutic targets. ER -