title: Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Upregulation of K2P3.1 K+ Current Causes Action Potential Shortening in Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation".
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Constanze
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wiedmann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Xiao-Bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heijman
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.affiliation: Department for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Institute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology (IPMB) and BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kallenberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Arjang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruhparwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kallenbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karck
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borggrefe
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine III, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biliczki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baczkó
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lugenbiel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Patrick A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Schweizer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Birgit C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Donner
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hugo A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Katus
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Dobromir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobrev
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Dierk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D024683:Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain