Endocrine Abstracts

The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) signal through the type 1 IGF receptor (IGFIR) to regulate cellular proliferation and survival. A current theory suggests that a subset of plasmalemmal lipid rafts, termed caveolae, may orchestrate such IGF-mediated signalling.In order to investigate the role of caveolae and the marker protein caveolin in controlling IGF signals, two cell models of caveolin deficiency were generated. Using shRNA, caveolin-1 expressi...