Taking aim at the extracellular matrix: CCN proteins as emerging therapeutic targets

JI Jun, LF Lau - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Members of the CCN family of matricellular proteins are crucial for embryonic development
and have important roles in inflammation, wound healing and injury repair in adulthood …

CCN1/CYR61: the very model of a modern matricellular protein

LF Lau - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2011 - Springer
Abstract CCN1 (CYR61) is a dynamically expressed, multifunctional matricellular protein
that plays essential roles in cardiovascular development during embryogenesis, and …

Functions and mechanisms of action of CCN matricellular proteins

CC Chen, LF Lau - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Members of the CCN (CYR61/CTGF/NOV) family have emerged as dynamically expressed,
extracellular matrix-associated proteins that play critical roles in cardiovascular and skeletal …

CTGF antagonism with mAb FG-3019 enhances chemotherapy response without increasing drug delivery in murine ductal pancreas cancer

A Neesse, KK Frese, TE Bapiro… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by abundant desmoplasia and
poor tissue perfusion. These features are proposed to limit the access of therapies to …

CYR61 (CCN1) is essential for placental development and vascular integrity

FE Mo, AG Muntean, CC Chen, DB Stolz… - … and cellular biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
CYR61 (CCN1) is a member of the CCN family of secreted matricellular proteins that
includes connective tissue growth factor (CCN2), NOV (CCN3), WISP-1 (CCN4), WISP-2 …

Regulation of angiogenesis and endothelial cell function by connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and cysteine-rich 61 (CYR61)

DR Brigstock - Angiogenesis, 2002 - Springer
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and cysteine-rich 61 (CYR61) are prototypical
members of the CCN family which also contains nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV) and …

The angiogenic factor Cyr61 activates a genetic program for wound healing in human skin fibroblasts

CC Chen, FE Mo, LF Lau - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2001 - ASBMB
Cyr61 is a heparin-binding, extracellular matrix-associated protein of the CCN family, which
also includes connective tissue growth factor, Nov, WISP-1, WISP-2, and WISP-3. Cyr61 is …

WWOX , the FRA16D Gene, Behaves as a Suppressor of Tumor Growth

AK Bednarek, CL Keck-Waggoner, RL Daniel, KJ Laflin… - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
We recently reported the cloning of WWOX, a gene that maps to the common fragile site
FRA16D region in chromosome 16q23. 3-24.1. It was observed that the genomic area …

Elevated levels of connective tissue growth factor, WISP-1, and CYR61 in primary breast cancers associated with more advanced features

D Xie, K Nakachi, H Wang, R Elashoff, HP Koeffler - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
To gain insight into the role of the CCN genes in human breast carcinomas, we quantified
connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), WISP-1, CYR61, and human NOV (NOVH) mRNA …

mTORC2 activity is elevated in gliomas and promotes growth and cell motility via overexpression of rictor

J Masri, A Bernath, J Martin, OD Jo, R Vartanian… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Abstract mTORC2 is a multimeric kinase composed of the mammalian target of rapamycin
kinase (mTOR), mLST8, mSin1, and rictor. The complex is insensitive to acute rapamycin …