Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF, CCN2) gene regulation: a potent clinical bio-marker of fibroproliferative disease?

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Published in J Cell Commun Signal on January 21, 2009

Authors

Andrew Leask1, Sunil K Parapuram, Xu Shi-Wen, D J Abraham

Author Affiliations

1: CIHR Group in Skeletal Development and Remodeling, Division of Oral Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Dental Sciences Building, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada, Andrew.leask@schulich.uwo.ca.

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