The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels
Authors: Alexander Stephen P. H. , Mathie Alistair A. , Peters John A. , Veale Emma L. , Striessnig Jörg , Kelly Eamonn , Armstrong Jane F. , Faccenda Elena , Harding Simon D. , Davies Jamie A. , Aldrich Richard W. , Attali Bernard , Baggetta Austin M. , Becirovic Elvir , Biel Martin , Bill Roslyn M. , Caceres Ana I. , Catterall William A. , Conner Alex C. , Davies Paul , De Clerq Katrien , Delling Markus , Di Virgilio Francesco , Falzoni Simonetta , Fenske Stefanie , Fortuny‐Gomez Anna , Fountain Samuel , George Chandy , Goldstein Steve A. N. , Grimm Christian , Grissmer Stephan , Ha Kotdaji , Hammelmann Verena , Hanukoglu Israel , Hu Meiqin , Ijzerman Ad P. , Jabba Sairam V. , Jarvis Mike , Jensen Anders A. , Jordt Sven E. , Kaczmarek Leonard K. , Kellenberger Stephan , Kennedy Charles , King Brian , Kitchen Philip , Liu Qiang , Lynch Joseph W. , Meades Jessica , Mehlfeld Verena , Nicke Annette , Offermanns Stefan , Perez‐Reyes Edward , Plant Leigh D. , Rash Lachlan , Ren Dejian , Salman Mootaz M. , Sieghart Werner , Sivilotti Lucia G. , Smart Trevor G. , Snutch Terrance P. , Tian Jinbin , Trimmer James S. , Van den Eynde Charlotte , Vriens Joris , Wei Aguan D. , Winn Brenda T. , Wulff Heike , Xu Haoxing , Yang Fan , Fang Wei , Yue Lixia , Zhang Xiaoli , Zhu Michael 
Published: December 2023

The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24 is the sixth in this series of biennial publications. The Concise Guide provides concise overviews, mostly in tabular format, of the key properties of approximately 1800 drug targets, and over 6000 interactions with about 3900 ligands. There is an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to the open access knowledgebase source of drug targets and their ligands (https://www.guidetopharmacology.org/), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide constitutes almost 500 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point‐in‐time record that will survive database updates. The full contents of this section can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.16178. Ion channels are one of the six major pharmacological targets into which the Guide is divided, with the others being: G protein‐coupled receptors, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. The landscape format of the Concise Guide is designed to facilitate comparison of related targets from material contemporary to mid‐2023, and supersedes data presented in the 2021/22, 2019/20, 2017/18, 2015/16 and 2013/14 Concise Guides and previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC‐IUPHAR), therefore, providing official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate.