Download or read book Caveolins in Cancer Pathogenesis, Prevention and Therapy written by Isabelle Mercier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caveolins are important structural proteins of Caveolae, small invaginations of the membrane. They have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple cancers. In this volume, we will mainly focus on the importance of Caveolin-1 in breast, prostate, lung, skin, colon, pancreatic and brain cancers with also a mention of the novel role of Caveolin-3 in breast cancer.