Chapter 5. Role of Cholesterol in Signal Transduction from Caveolae

  1. Prof. Dr. Christopher J. Fielding1,2
  1. Christopher J. Fielding1,2,
  2. Phoebe E. Fielding1

Published Online: 6 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/3527608079.ch5

Book Title

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology

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How to Cite

Fielding, C. J. and Fielding, P. E. (2006) Role of Cholesterol in Signal Transduction from Caveolae, in Lipid Rafts and Caveolae: From Membrane Biophysics to Cell Biology (ed C. J. Fielding), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG. doi: 10.1002/3527608079.ch5

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

  2. 2

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

  2. 2

    Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 6 JUN 2006
  2. Published Print: 9 JAN 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527312610

Online ISBN: 9783527608072

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Keywords:

  • role of cholesterol in signal transduction from caveolae;
  • lipids of caveolae;
  • proteins in caveolae;
  • caveolin scaffold hypothesis;
  • FC binding by proteins including caveolin;
  • FC in caveolae: effects of depletion and loading;
  • FC changes in caveolae: effects of signal transduction

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Lipids of Caveolae

  • Proteins in Caveolae

  • The Caveolin Scaffold Hypothesis

    • Does the Scaffold Motif in Signaling Proteins that are Present in Caveolae Represent the Contact Site of these Proteins with Caveolin?

  • FC Binding by Proteins Including Caveolin

  • FC in Caveolae: Effects of Depletion and Loading

  • FC Changes in Caveolae: Effects of Signal Transduction

  • Summary

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