Connective-Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) Induces Astrogenesis and Fibronectin Expression of Embryonic Neural Cells In Vitro.

Connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a modular secreted protein implicated in multiple cellular events such as chondrogenesis, skeletogenesis, angiogenesis and wound healing. CTGF contains four different structural modules. This modular organization is characteristic of members of the CCN famil...

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Main Authors: Fabio A Mendes, Juliana M Coelho Aguiar, Suzana A Kahn, Alice H Reis, Luiz Gustavo Dubois, Luciana Ferreira Romão, Lais S S Ferreira, Hervé Chneiweiss, Vivaldo Moura Neto, José G Abreu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4524627?pdf=render