For more than a decade, caveolin proteins have attracted a lot of attention in the field of cancer research. Additional roles besides maintaining the structural integrity of caveolae (meaning "little caves" in latin) have been attributed to these complex proteins. In fact, they …
Caveolins play an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple cancers. This volume focuses mainly on the importance of Caveolin-1 in breast, prostate, lung, skin, colon, pancreatic and brain cancers. It also studies the role of Caveolin-3 in breast cancer.
