Caveolae, caveolins, cavins and endothelial cell function: new insights

Caveolae are cholesterol and glycosphingolipid-rich flask-shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane which are particularly abundant in vascular endothelium and present in all other cell types of the cardiovascular system, including vascular smooth muscle cells, macrophages, cardiac myocytes, and f...

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Main Author: Grzegorz eSowa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2011.00120/full