PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Razani, Babak
AU  - Woodman, Scott E.
AU  - Lisanti, Michael P.
TI  - Caveolae: From Cell Biology to Animal Physiology
AID  - 10.1124/pr.54.3.431
DP  - 2002 Sep 01
TA  - Pharmacological Reviews
PG  - 431--467
VI  - 54
IP  - 3
4099  - http://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/54/3/431.short
4100  - http://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/54/3/431.full
SO  - Pharmacol Rev2002 Sep 01; 54
AB  - Among the membrane compartments of a cell, vesicles known as “caveolae” have long defied functional characterization. However, since the identification of a family of proteins termed “caveolins”, that form and reside in caveolae, a better understanding has emerged. It is now clear that caveolae do not merely play a singular role in the cell, but are pleiotropic in nature—serving to modulate many cellular functions. The purpose of this review is to explicate what is known about caveolins/caveolae and highlight growing areas of caveolar research.