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SUBMITTER: Capera J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431373 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Capera Jesusa J Pérez-Verdaguer Mireia M Navarro-Pérez María M Felipe Antonio A
Cancers 20210904 17
The voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is a potential therapeutic target for obesity and diabetes. The genetic ablation and pharmacological inhibition of Kv1.3 lead to a lean phenotype in rodents. The mechanism of regulation of body weight and energy homeostasis involves Kv1.3 expression in different organs, including white and brown adipose tissues. Here, we show that Kv1.3 promotes the proliferation of preadipocytes through the control of mitochondrial dynamics. Kv1.3 is expressed in mitoch ...[more]