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ArticleJournal of cell communication and signaling2025

Interaction between nuclear-translocated cellular communication network factor 2 and purine-rich box 1 regulates the expression of fibrosis-related genes.

Xuan Thi Nguyen, Satoshi Kubota, Masaharu Takigawa, Takashi Nishida

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Article in Journal of cell communication and signaling, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Xuan Thi NguyenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
Satoshi KubotaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
Masaharu TakigawaAdvanced Research Center for Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Okayama University Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
Takashi NishidaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-4648

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular communication network factor 2 (CCN2) with a nuclear localization signal-like peptide is known to promote fibrosis. However, translocation of CCN2 into the nucleus and its role in fibrosis remain unclear. We hypothesized that nuclear-translocated CCN2 is associated with purine-rich box 1 (PU.1), which is a transcription factor regulating the differentiation of myofibroblasts. Western blot analysis of the cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions of cell lysate and immunofluorescence analysis revealed that CCN2 was detectable in both the cytoplasm and nuclei of murine fibroblastic NIH3T3 cells. Additionally, chromatin immunoprecipitation (IP)-PCR and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that recombinant CCN2 protein bound to the regulatory region of

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cellular communication network factor 2 (CCN2)fibrosismyofibroblastpurine‐rich box 1 (PU.1)transcription co‐factor

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PMID41019779
PMCPMC12463490

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