Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Expression Modulates Response to High Glucose

The CTGF gene −945 G/C polymorphism is not associated with cardiac or kidney complications in subjects with type 2 diabetes

(2012) Sheila K Patel et al.   Cardiovascular Diabetology

Hemizygous deletion of CTGF/CCN2 does not suffice to prevent fibrosis of the severely injured kidney

(2012) Lucas L. Falke et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Myofibroblast differentiation during fibrosis: role of NAD(P)H oxidases

(2011) Jeffrey L. Barnes et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Connective tissue growth factor acts within both endothelial cells and   cells to promote proliferation of developing   cells

(2011) M. A. Guney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CCN2 (CTGF) Gene Polymorphism Is a Novel Prognostic Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients

(2010) Mario Cozzolino et al.   BLOOD PURIFICATION

Lack of Collagen XVIII Long Isoforms Affects Kidney Podocytes, whereas the Short Form Is Needed in the Proximal Tubular Basement Membrane

(2010) Aino I. Kinnunen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

α-Lipoic acid protects diabetic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice from nephropathy

(2010) Xianwen Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

Genetic variant in the promoter of connective tissue growth factor gene confers susceptibility to nephropathy in type 1 diabetes

(2010) B. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS

Lack of Collagen XVIII/Endostatin Exacerbates Immune-Mediated Glomerulonephritis

(2010) Y. Hamano et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

The multiple functions of collagen XVIII in development and disease

(2010) Lotta Seppinen et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Prevention of accelerated atherosclerosis by AT1 receptor blockade in experimental renal failure

(2010) S. Bernardi et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Variants of CTGF are associated with hepatic fibrosis in Chinese, Sudanese, and Brazilians infected with Schistosomes

(2009) Alain Dessein et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

BMP Signaling and Podocyte Markers are Decreased in Human Diabetic Nephropathy in Association with CTGF Overexpression

(2009) Tamara Turk et al.   JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY

Association Between a CTGF Gene Polymorphism and Systemic Sclerosis in a French Population

(2009) B. GRANEL et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Mouse Models of Diabetic Nephropathy

(2009) F. C. Brosius et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Validation of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) and its gene polymorphisms as noninvasive biomarkers for the assessment of liver fibrosis

(2009) E. Kovalenko et al.   JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

A large multicentre analysis of CTGF -945 promoter polymorphism does not confirm association with systemic sclerosis susceptibility or phenotype

(2008) B Rueda et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Association study of a polymorphism of the CTGF gene and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in the Japanese population

(2008) Y Kawaguchi et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Renal connective tissue growth factor correlates with glomerular basement membrane thickness and prospective albuminuria in a non-human primate model of diabetes: possible predictive marker for incipient diabetic nephropathy

(2008) Sally E. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

Fibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis Emerge via Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

(2008) E. M. Zeisberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

CTGFPolymorphism Associated with Systemic Sclerosis

(2008)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE