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Cavin1; a regulator of lung function and macrophage phenotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Govender Praveen, Romero Freddy, Shah Dilip, Paez Jesus, Ding Shi-Ying, Liu Libin, Gower Adam, Baez Elizabeth, Aly Sherif Shawky, Pilch Paul, Summer Ross
Abstract excerpt
Caveolae are cell membrane invaginations that are highly abundant in adipose tissue, endothelial cells and the lung. The formation of caveolae is dependent on the expression of various structural proteins that serve as scaffolding for these membrane invaginations. Cavin1 is a newly identified structural protein whose deficiency in mice leads to loss of caveolae formation and to development of a lipodystrophic...
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