Method for the analysis of the immunosuppressive activity of ion channel - blockers with the aid of the mini - a female pig

摘要

A method for analyzing the immunosuppressant activity of Kv1.3 inhibitors using the mini- and micro-pig. These pig models have been found to have Kv1.3 channels very similar to man and both in function and setting of membrane potential of T-lymphocytes, and respond similarly in a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) to the Kv1.3 channel blockers. The mini-pig and micro-pig provide useful in vivo animal models for studying the immunosuppressant activity of Kv1.3 channel blockers that would be expected to function in man.