Connective Tissue Growth Factor Inhibition Attenuates Left Ventricular Remodeling and Dysfunction in Pressure Overload–Induced Heart Failure

Membrane-Associated Matrix Proteolysis and Heart Failure

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Matricellular Proteins in Cardiac Adaptation and Disease

(2012) Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

PAI-1 in tissue fibrosis

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Mechanisms of novel cardioprotective functions of CCN2/CTGF in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

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Potential Therapeutic Targets for Cardiac Fibrosis

(2010) Andrew Leask   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

MMP-2 Mediates Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension Under the Transcriptional Control of MMP-7 and TACE

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The opposing effects of CCN2 and CCN5 on the development of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis

(2010) Pyoung Oh Yoon et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Connective Tissue Growth Factor Promotes Fibrosis Downstream of TGFβ and IL-6 in Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection

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Angiotensin II Induces Connective Tissue Growth Factor and Collagen I Expression via Transforming Growth Factor–β–Dependent and –Independent Smad Pathways

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Regression of Left Ventricular Mass by Antihypertensive Treatment

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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

(2009) Cristian A. Droppelmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Connective Tissue Growth Factor Overexpression in Cardiomyocytes Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Protection against Pressure Overload

(2009) Anna N. Panek et al.   PLoS One

Plasma connective tissue growth factor is a novel potential biomarker of cardiac dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure

(2008) Norimichi Koitabashi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Functions and mechanisms of action of CCN matricellular proteins

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