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The matricellular protein CCN1 is essential for cardiac development.
Circulation research - 27 Oct 2006
Mo Fan-E, Lau Lester F
Abstract excerpt
The matricellular protein CCN1 (formerly named CYR61) regulates cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, survival, and differentiation through binding to integrin receptors and heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Here we show that Ccn1-null mice are impaired in cardiac valvuloseptal morphogenesis, res...
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