Path ID: DB01228_MESH_D018879_1

db01228-mesh-d018879-1

Concepts

Identifier Name Type
MESH:D016700 encainide Drug
InterPro:IPR001696 Voltage gated sodium channel, alpha subunit GeneFamily
GO:0086060 voltage-gated sodium channel activity involved in AV node cell action potential MolecularActivity
GO:0061337 cardiac conduction BiologicalProcess
GO:0060047 heart contraction BiologicalProcess
HP:0001649 heart rate PhenotypicFeature
HP:0000822 blood pressure PhenotypicFeature
MESH:D018879 Ventricular premature beats Disease

Relationships

NOTE: predicates are annotated in Biolink Model (v1.3.0)

Subject Predicate Object
Encainide DECREASES ACTIVITY OF Voltage Gated Sodium Channel, Alpha Subunit
Voltage Gated Sodium Channel, Alpha Subunit POSITIVELY REGULATES Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Activity Involved In Av Node Cell Action Potential
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Activity Involved In Av Node Cell Action Potential POSITIVELY REGULATES Cardiac Conduction
Cardiac Conduction POSITIVELY REGULATES Heart Contraction
Heart Contraction POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH Heart Rate
Heart Contraction POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH Blood Pressure
Heart Rate POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH Ventricular Premature Beats
Blood Pressure POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH Ventricular Premature Beats

Comment: Encainide (trade name Enkaid) is a class Ic antiarrhythmic agent. It is no longer used because of its frequent proarrhythmic side effects.

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