Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

ROR1 sustains caveolae and survival signalling as a scaffold of cavin-1 and caveolin-1

  • Tomoya Yamaguchi,
  • Can Lu,
  • Lisa Ida,
  • Kiyoshi Yanagisawa,
  • Jiro Usukura,
  • Jinglei Cheng,
  • Naoe Hotta,
  • Yukako Shimada,
  • Hisanori Isomura,
  • Motoshi Suzuki,
  • Toyoshi Fujimoto,
  • Takashi Takahashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10060
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Resistance to receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors is a major obstacle in treatment of lung adenocarcinoma. Yamaguchi et al.identify the orphan receptor ROR1 as a potential target to overcome this resistance, by virtue of its role in promoting cell survival through stabilisation of caveolae.