Potential of caveolae in the therapy of cardiovascular and neurological diseases

Caveolae are membrane micro-domains enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids and caveolins, which are transmembrane proteins with hairpin-like structure. Caveolae participate in receptor-mediated trafficking of cell surface receptors and receptor-mediated signaling. Furthermore, caveolae participate i...

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Main Authors: Gemma eNavarro, Kjell eFuxe, Dasiel Oscar Borroto-Escuela, Rafael eFranco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00370/full