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SUBMITTER: Quan T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2686751 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quan Taihao T Shin Sharon S Qin Zhaoping Z Fisher Gary J GJ
Journal of cell communication and signaling 20090325 1
The CCN family of proteins is involved in diverse biological functions such as cell growth, adhesion, migration, angiogenesis, and regulation of extracellular matrix. We have investigated expression of CCN family genes and alternations induced by solar-simulated ultraviolet irradiation in human skin in vivo. Transcripts of all six CCN genes were expressed in human skin in vivo. CCN5 was most abundantly expressed followed by CCN2>CCN3>CCN1>CCN4>CCN6. Solar-simulated ultraviolet irradiation increa ...[more]