While CAV1 depletion resulted in a slight increase in cell-surface HER2, a more pronounced effect of knocking down CAV1 was demonstrated by the extended half-life (P < 0.05, Student’s t-test) of HER2 at the cell membrane (Fig. 2c, d and Supplementary Fig. 3d, e) in NCIN87, UMUC14, and BT474 cancer cells. Here, CAV1 is linked to cancer.