Caveolins in Cancer Pathogenesis, Prevention and Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mercier, Isabelle (Editor), Jasmin, Jean-François (Editor), Lisanti, Michael P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Current Cancer Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

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 have emerged as impor...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Local and Distant Effects of Caveolin-1 on Prostate Cancer Progression
• Caveolin-1 in Colon Cancer: the Flexible Connection to Wnt Signaling
• Caveolin-1 and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
• Caveolin-1 in Brain Tumors
• The Role of Caveolin-1 in Skin Cancer
• Caveolins and Tumor Angiogenesis
• Caveolin-1 and Breast Cancer
• Caveolin-1 and Cancer-Associated Stromal Fibroblasts
• Index .