CLDN1 and carcinoma: Hoevel et al. report that re-expression of CLDN1, in breast tumor spheroids, induces apoptosis and they conclude: “These findings support a potential role of the tight junction protein CLDN1 in restricting nutrient and growth factor supplies in breast cancer cells, and they indicate that the loss of the cell membrane localization of the tight junction protein CLDN1 in carcinomas may be a crucial step during tumor progression” [194].