Integrin expression and function in the response of primary culture hepatic stellate cells to connective tissue growth factor (CCN2)

Disruption of connective tissue growth factor by short hairpin RNA inhibits collagen synthesis and extracellular matrix secretion in hepatic stellate cells

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Connective tissue growth factor: Context-dependent functions and mechanisms of regulation

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Susceptibility to liver fibrosis in mice expressing a connective tissue growth factor transgene in hepatocytes

(2009) ZhenYue Tong et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Matrix Metalloproteinase-2-deficient Fibroblasts Exhibit an Alteration in the Fibrotic Response to Connective Tissue Growth Factor/CCN2 because of an Increase in the Levels of Endogenous Fibronectin

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Strategies for blocking the fibrogenic actions of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2): From pharmacological inhibition in vitro to targeted siRNA therapy in vivo

(2009) David R. Brigstock   Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Regulation and function of connective tissue growth factor/CCN2 in tissue repair, scarring and fibrosis

(2008) Xu Shi-Wen et al.   CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS

Mechanisms of Hepatic Fibrogenesis

(2008) Scott L. Friedman   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Functions and mechanisms of action of CCN matricellular proteins

(2008) Chih-Chiun Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

RNA interfering connective tissue growth factor prevents rat hepatic stellate cell activation and extracellular matrix production

(2008) Guangming Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE

Defining therapeutic targets for liver fibrosis: Exploiting the biology of inflammation and repair

(2008) J IREDALE   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Regulation of CCN2 mRNA expression and promoter activity in activated hepatic stellate cells

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