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Potential of caveolae in the therapy of cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

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Caveolae are membrane micro-domains enriched in cholesterol, sphingolipids and caveolins, which are transmembrane proteins with a hairpin-like structure. Caveolae participate in receptor-mediated trafficking of cell surface receptors and receptor-mediated signaling. Furthermore, caveolae participate in clathrin-independent endocytosis of membrane receptors. On the one hand, caveolins are involved in vascular and cardiac dysfunction. Also, neurological abnormalities in caveolin-1 knockout mice and a link between caveolin-1 gene haplotypes and neurodegenerative diseases have been reported. The aim of this article is to present the rationale for considering caveolae as potential targets in cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

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Frontiers in Physiology , 2014, vol. 5, p. 1-8

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Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular)

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Potential of caveolae in the therapy of cardiovascular and neurological diseases.