Protein Information

Name connective tissue growth factor
Synonyms CCN 2; CCN2; CTGF; Connective tissue growth factor; Connective tissue growth factor precursor; FISP 12 protein; HCS24; Hypertrophic chondrocyte specific protein 24…

Compound Information

Name nicotine
CAS

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
19966042 Takeuchi H, Kubota S, Murakashi E, Zhou Y, Endo K, Ng PS, Takigawa M, Numabe Y: Nicotine-induced CCN2: from smoking to periodontal fibrosis. . J Dent Res. 2010 Jan;89(1):34-9. Epub .

Interestingly, 1 microg/mL nicotine increased the production of CCN2/CTGF protein in both cells without increasing mRNA expression.
137(1,2,6,7) Details
19481023 Khanna AK, Xu J, Baquet C, Mehra MR: Adverse effects of nicotine and immunosuppression on proximal tubular epithelial cell viability, tissue repair and oxidative stress gene expression. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Jun;28(6):612-20. Epub 2009 May 5.

Compared with control, treatment of PTE cells with N increased mRNA expression of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta; 10-fold), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF; 25-fold), osteopontin (OPN; 10-fold) and NADPH oxidase components (p22 (phox), NOX-1 and Rac-1 at 18-, 16- and 12-fold, respectively).
1(0,0,0,1) Details