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Modulation by bradykinin of angiotensin type 1 receptor-evoked RhoA activation of connective tissue growth factor expression in human lung fibroblasts.

Huang Z, Taylor L, Liu B, Yu J, Polgar P.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2006 Jun;290(6):L1291-9.PMID: 16684954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

TGF-beta1 induces IL-8 and MCP-1 through a connective tissue growth factor-independent pathway.

Qi W, Chen X, Polhill TS, Sumual S, Twigg S, Gilbert RE, Pollock CA.

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Mar;290(3):F703-9. Epub 2005 Oct 4.PMID: 16204411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Glomerular expression of thrombospondin-1, transforming growth factor beta and connective tissue growth factor at different stages of diabetic nephropathy and their interdependent roles in mesangial response to diabetic stimuli.

Wahab NA, Schaefer L, Weston BS, Yiannikouris O, Wright A, Babelova A, Schaefer R, Mason RM.

Diabetologia. 2005 Dec;48(12):2650-60. Epub 2005 Nov 4.PMID: 16270194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Homocysteine induces connective tissue growth factor expression in vascular smooth muscle cells.

Liu X, Luo F, Li J, Wu W, Li L, Chen H.

J Thromb Haemost. 2008 Jan;6(1):184-92. Epub 2007 Oct 15.PMID: 17944991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human connective tissue growth factor is expressed in advanced atherosclerotic lesions.

Oemar BS, Werner A, Garnier JM, Do DD, Godoy N, Nauck M, März W, Rupp J, Pech M, Lüscher TF.

Circulation. 1997 Feb 18;95(4):831-9.PMID: 9054739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Novel transcription-factor-like function of human matrix metalloproteinase 3 regulating the CTGF/CCN2 gene.

Eguchi T, Kubota S, Kawata K, Mukudai Y, Uehara J, Ohgawara T, Ibaragi S, Sasaki A, Kuboki T, Takigawa M.

Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Apr;28(7):2391-413. Epub 2008 Jan 2.PMID: 18172013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFbeta1) stimulates connective tissue growth factor (CCN2/CTGF) expression in human gingival fibroblasts through a RhoA-independent, Rac1/Cdc42-dependent mechanism: statins with forskolin block TGFbeta1-induced CCN2/CTGF expression.

Black SA Jr, Trackman PC.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Apr 18;283(16):10835-47. Epub 2008 Feb 20.PMID: 18287089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Tranilast attenuates connective tissue growth factor-induced extracellular matrix accumulation in renal cells.

Qi W, Chen X, Twigg S, Polhill TS, Gilbert RE, Pollock CA.

Kidney Int. 2006 Mar;69(6):989-95.PMID: 16528248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A single bout of exercise with high mechanical loading induces the expression of Cyr61/CCN1 and CTGF/CCN2 in human skeletal muscle.

Kivelä R, Kyröläinen H, Selänne H, Komi PV, Kainulainen H, Vihko V.

J Appl Physiol. 2007 Oct;103(4):1395-401. Epub 2007 Aug 2.PMID: 17673559 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gonadotrophins inhibit the expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein-2 mRNA in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells.

Liu J, Kosma VM, Vänttinen T, Hydén-Granskog C, Voutilainen R.

Mol Hum Reprod. 2002 Feb;8(2):136-41.PMID: 11818516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Three members of the connective tissue growth factor family CCN are differentially regulated by mechanical stress.

Schild C, Trueb B.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2004 Apr 1;1691(1):33-40.PMID: 15053922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of connective tissue growth factor in oval cell response during liver regeneration after 2-AAF/PHx in rats.

Pi L, Oh SH, Shupe T, Petersen BE.

Gastroenterology. 2005 Jun;128(7):2077-88.PMID: 15940639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Connective tissue growth factor is overexpressed in complicated atherosclerotic plaques and induces mononuclear cell chemotaxis in vitro.

Cicha I, Yilmaz A, Klein M, Raithel D, Brigstock DR, Daniel WG, Goppelt-Struebe M, Garlichs CD.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 May;25(5):1008-13. Epub 2005 Mar 10.PMID: 15761189 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Collaborative action of M-CSF and CTGF/CCN2 in articular chondrocytes: possible regenerative roles in articular cartilage metabolism.

Nakao K, Kubota S, Doi H, Eguchi T, Oka M, Fujisawa T, Nishida T, Takigawa M.

Bone. 2005 May;36(5):884-92. Epub 2005 Apr 7.PMID: 15820145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Modulation of the expression of connective tissue growth factor by alterations of the cytoskeleton.

Ott C, Iwanciw D, Graness A, Giehl K, Goppelt-Struebe M.

J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 7;278(45):44305-11. Epub 2003 Sep 1.PMID: 12951326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Connective tissue growth factor gene regulation. Requirements for its induction by transforming growth factor-beta 2 in fibroblasts.

Leask A, Holmes A, Black CM, Abraham DJ.

J Biol Chem. 2003 Apr 11;278(15):13008-15. Epub 2003 Feb 5.PMID: 12571253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Protective effects of sirolimus by attenuating connective tissue growth factor expression in human chronic allograft nephropathy.

Liu M, Zhang W, Gu M, Yin C, Zhang WY, Lv Q, Xu D.

Transplant Proc. 2007 Jun;39(5):1410-5.PMID: 17580150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of connective tissue growth factor in the human liver with idiopathic portal hypertension.

Morikawa H, Tamori A, Nishiguchi S, Enomoto M, Habu D, Kawada N, Shiomi S.

Mol Med. 2007 May-Jun;13(5-6):240-5.PMID: 17622321 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Transforming growth factor-beta2 and connective tissue growth factor in proliferative vitreoretinal diseases: possible involvement of hyalocytes and therapeutic potential of Rho kinase inhibitor.

Kita T, Hata Y, Kano K, Miura M, Nakao S, Noda Y, Shimokawa H, Ishibashi T.

Diabetes. 2007 Jan;56(1):231-8.PMID: 17192487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hypoxia in human trophoblasts stimulates the expression and secretion of connective tissue growth factor.

Rimon E, Chen B, Shanks AL, Nelson DM, Sadovsky Y.

Endocrinology. 2008 Jun;149(6):2952-8. Epub 2008 Feb 21.PMID: 18292194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article