Abstract

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Abstract: Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF)/CCN family member 2 (CCN2) is a CCN family member of matricellular signaling modulators. It has been shown that CCN2/CTGF mediates cell adhesion, aggregation and migration in a large variety of cell types, including vascular endothelial cells, fibroblasts, epithelial cells, aortic smooth muscle and also pluripotent stem cells. Others matricellular proteins are capable of interacting with CCN2/CTGF to mediate its function. Cell migration is a key feature for tumor cell invasion and metastasis. CCN2/CTGF seems to be a prognostic marker for cancer. In addition, here we intend to discuss recent discoveries and a new strategy to develop therapies against CCN2/CTGF, in order to treat cancer metastasis.

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Title
New strategy to control cell migration and metastasis regulated by CCN2/CTGF
Author
Aguiar, Diego Pinheiro; de Farias, Gabriel Correa; de Sousa, Eduardo Branco; de Mattos Coelho-Aguiar, Juliana; Lobo, Julie Calixto; Casado, Priscila Ladeira; Duarte, Maria Eugênia Leite; Abreu, José Garcia Ribeiro, Jr
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14752867
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2867-14-61
ProQuest document ID
1553002582
Copyright
© 2014 Aguiar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.