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SUBMITTER: Djillani A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6470294 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Djillani Alaeddine A Mazella Jean J Heurteaux Catherine C Borsotto Marc M
Frontiers in pharmacology 20190411
TREK-1 is the most studied background K<sub>2P</sub> channel. Its main role is to control cell excitability and maintain the membrane potential below the threshold of depolarization. TREK-1 is multi-regulated by a variety of physical and chemical stimuli which makes it a very promising and challenging target in the treatment of several pathologies. It is mainly expressed in the brain but also in heart, smooth muscle cells, endocrine pancreas, and prostate. In the nervous system, TREK-1 is involv ...[more]