Abstract
Caveolina-1 (Cav-1) is an essential protein of caveolae formation and acts as scaffolding protein, organizing macromolecular complexes to enable highly localized and efficient intracellular signaling. Cav-1 interacts with various signaling proteins and growth factors, and also important role in regulating enzymes matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs and RECK), whic…