CAV1 and age-related macular degeneration: Given its properties, caveolin-1 plays a role in regulating cell migration, proliferation, and apoptosis, and has been linked to various pathologies, such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, degenerative muscular dystrophies, as well as age-related macular dystrophy (AMD) and glaucoma [1,5].