Novel Transcription Factor-Like Function of Human Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 Regulating the <i>CTGF/CCN2</i> Gene

Takanori Eguchi, Satoshi Kubota, Kazumi Kawata, +7

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Cell ProliferationCellular PhysiologyTranscriptional RegulationCell RegulationBone Morphogenic Protein +16

Pathogenic Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) in Osteolytic Metastasis of Breast Cancer

Tsuyoshi Shimo, Satoshi Kubota, Norie Yoshioka, +5

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Increases in p53 expression induce CTGF synthesis by mouse and human hepatocytes and result in liver fibrosis in mice

Takahiro Kodama, Tetsuo Takehara, Hayato Hikita, +18

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Liver FibrosisPathologyCell DeathTumor BiologyHepatobiliary Tumor +18

A DEAD box protein facilitates HIV-1 replication as a cellular co-factor of Rev

Jianhua Fang, Satoshi Kubota, Bin Yang, +4

Virology

Viral ReplicationCellular Co-factorHuman RetrovirusImmunologyAntiviral Response +9

Regeneration of Defects in Articular Cartilage in Rat Knee Joints by CCN2 (Connective Tissue Growth Factor)

Takashi Nishida, Satoshi Kubota, Shunji Kojima, +5

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Functional similarity of HIV-I rev and HTLV-I rex proteins: Identification of a new nucleolar-targeting signal in rev protein

Satoshi Kubota, Haruhiko Siomi, Takumi Satoh, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Viral ReplicationMedicineNatural SciencesHuman RetrovirusImmunology +11

Increased Connective Tissue Growth Factor Relative to Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Determinant of Myocardial Fibrosis

Norimichi Koitabashi, Masashi Arai, Shinya Kogure, +8

Hypertension

Cardiac MuscleHeart FailureCellular PhysiologyInflammationDisease Pathophysiology +17

CTGF/Hcs24, a hypertrophic chondrocyte‐specific gene product, stimulates proliferation and differentiation, but not hypertrophy of cultured articular chondrocytes

Takashi Nishida, Satoshi Kubota, Tohru Nakanishi, +4

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Regenerative MedicineDevelopmental BiologyArticular ChondrocytesBone Morphogenic ProteinCartilage Degeneration +13

Cooperative Regulation of Chondrocyte Differentiation by CCN2 and CCN3 Shown by a Comprehensive Analysis of the CCN Family Proteins in Cartilage

Harumi Kawaki, Satoshi Kubota, Akiko Suzuki, +8

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

EngineeringImmunologyCooperative RegulationMolecular BiologyCcn Family Members +18

CTGF/Hcs24, hypertrophic chondrocyte‐specific gene product, interacts with perlecan in regulating the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes

Takashi Nishida, Satoshi Kubota, T. Fukunaga, +5

Journal of Cellular Physiology