Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

2 articles published in JoVE

• Medicine

  
  Voltage-Dependent Potassium Current Recording on H9c2 Cardiomyocytes via the Whole-Cell Patch-Clamp Technique Hong Jiang*¹, Yating Zhang*¹, Ya Hou¹, Lijun Li², Sanyin Zhang^3,4, Yi Zhang⁵, Xianli Meng^1,3,4, Xiaobo Wang^{4 1}State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ²Chengdu Techman Instrument Co., Ltd., ³Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ⁴Research Institute of Integrated TCM & Western Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ⁵School of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine The present protocol describes an efficient method for the real-time and dynamic acquisition of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel currents in H9c2 cardiomyocytes using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique.

• Medicine

  
  Standardized Rat Coronary Ring Preparation and Real-Time Recording of Dynamic Tension Changes Along Vessel Diameter Pengmei Guo*¹, Wenqiao An*², Ying Guo¹, Zhihao Sun², Xiaobo Wang^1,3, Sanyin Zhang^{1,3 1}Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ²School of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ³Research Institute of Integrated TCM & Western Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine The present protocol describes the wire myograph technique for measuring vascular reactivity of the rat coronary artery.