======= CTGF ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: CCN2 * **Official Name**: cellular communication network factor 2 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=1490|1490]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P29279|P29279]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=CTGF&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20CTGF|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/121009|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Major connective tissue mitoattractant secreted by vascular endothelial cells. Promotes proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes. Mediates heparin- and divalent cation-dependent cell adhesion in many cell types including fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, endothelial and epithelial cells. Enhances fibroblast growth factor-induced DNA synthesis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10614647, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12553878}. |IGFBP| |Cys knot| |VWC| |TSP 1| |response to anoxia| |positive regulation of G0 to G1 transition| |extracellular matrix constituent secretion| |chondrocyte proliferation| |positive regulation of cardiac muscle contraction| |positive regulation of striated muscle contraction| |insulin-like growth factor binding| |cartilage condensation| |cell aggregation| |positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of collagen metabolic process| |fibronectin binding| |response to mineralocorticoid| |regulation of collagen biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of heart contraction| |regulation of collagen metabolic process| |regulation of G0 to G1 transition| |positive regulation of muscle contraction| |regulation of chondrocyte differentiation| |positive regulation of stress fiber assembly| |positive regulation of actin filament bundle assembly| |cis-Golgi network| |positive regulation of blood circulation| |regulation of cartilage development| |regulation of cardiac muscle contraction| |regulation of stress fiber assembly| |fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway| |response to fatty acid| |cytosolic calcium ion transport| |regulation of actomyosin structure organization| |regulation of striated muscle contraction| |regulation of actin filament bundle assembly| |integrin-mediated signaling pathway| |cellular response to fibroblast growth factor stimulus| |DNA biosynthetic process| |reactive oxygen species metabolic process| |response to amino acid| |response to fibroblast growth factor| |cell-matrix adhesion| |integrin binding| |positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process| |response to estradiol| |cell cortex| |response to glucose| |positive regulation of JNK cascade| |response to hexose| |response to monosaccharide| |positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity| |regulation of muscle contraction| |response to corticosteroid| |growth factor activity| |positive regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade| |positive regulation of stress-activated protein kinase signaling cascade| |lung development| |heparin binding| |cartilage development| |response to carbohydrate| |positive regulation of endopeptidase activity| |respiratory tube development| |transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter| |cell-substrate adhesion| |regulation of JNK cascade| |protein C-terminus binding| |tissue homeostasis| |positive regulation of peptidase activity| |respiratory system development| |positive regulation of supramolecular fiber organization| |positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade| |regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process| |DNA-templated transcription, initiation| |positive regulation of cytoskeleton organization| |connective tissue development| |extracellular matrix| |regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade| |regulation of muscle system process| |regulation of stress-activated protein kinase signaling cascade| |skeletal system morphogenesis| |regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity| |regulation of heart contraction| |calcium ion transport| |regulation of actin filament organization| |ossification| |aging| |positive regulation of cell cycle process| |regulation of blood circulation| |regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade| |divalent metal ion transport| |divalent inorganic cation transport| |angiogenesis| |multicellular organismal homeostasis| |response to steroid hormone| |extracellular matrix organization| |anatomical structure homeostasis| |regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization| |response to acid chemical| |regulation of supramolecular fiber organization| |positive regulation of proteolysis| |response to decreased oxygen levels| |collagen-containing extracellular matrix| |positive regulation of cell cycle| |response to oxygen levels| |extracellular structure organization| |regulation of actin filament-based process| |response to peptide hormone| |blood vessel morphogenesis| |epidermis development| |regulation of endopeptidase activity| |positive regulation of cell activation| |regulation of peptidase activity| |response to peptide| |transcription by RNA polymerase II| |blood vessel development| |skeletal system development| |cellular response to growth factor stimulus| |vasculature development| |transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway| |cardiovascular system development| |positive regulation of cellular component biogenesis| |response to growth factor| |regulation of cytoskeleton organization| |positive regulation of MAPK cascade| |cell population proliferation| |response to wounding| |regulation of system process| |positive regulation of organelle organization| |metal ion transport| |regulation of cell activation| |transcription, DNA-templated| |nucleic acid-templated transcription| |positive regulation of apoptotic process| |positive regulation of programmed cell death| |RNA biosynthetic process| |tube morphogenesis| |perinuclear region of cytoplasm| |positive regulation of cell death| |enzyme linked receptor protein signaling pathway| |regulation of proteolysis| |regulation of cellular response to stress| |DNA metabolic process| |regulation of MAPK cascade| |regulation of cell cycle process| |positive regulation of hydrolase activity| |cation transport| |tube development| |response to lipid| |circulatory system development| |anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis| |response to hormone| |positive regulation of cell population proliferation| |response to organic cyclic compound| |cell adhesion| |biological adhesion| |animal organ morphogenesis| |regulation of cellular component biogenesis| |cell migration| |positive regulation of cell differentiation| |negative regulation of cell death| |response to organonitrogen compound| |secretion by cell| |positive regulation of protein phosphorylation| |positive regulation of intracellular signal transduction| |export from cell| |positive regulation of phosphorylation| |localization of cell| |cell motility| |response to nitrogen compound| |nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process| |secretion| |positive regulation of phosphate metabolic process| |positive regulation of phosphorus metabolic process| |response to abiotic stimulus| |heterocycle biosynthetic process| |aromatic compound biosynthetic process| |regulation of cell cycle| |positive regulation of cellular component organization| |cellular response to endogenous stimulus| |positive regulation of protein modification process| |regulation of hydrolase activity| |regulation of organelle organization| |organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process| |locomotion| |positive regulation of developmental process| |ion transport| |positive regulation of catalytic activity| |regulation of protein phosphorylation| |response to endogenous stimulus| |regulation of response to stress| |regulation of apoptotic process| |movement of cell or subcellular component| |response to oxygen-containing compound| |regulation of programmed cell death| |regulation of phosphorylation| |extracellular space| |positive regulation of cellular protein metabolic process| |regulation of cell population proliferation| |cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |homeostatic process| |positive regulation of signal transduction| |RNA metabolic process| |regulation of cell death| |intracellular signal transduction| |positive regulation of protein metabolic process| |cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process| |negative regulation of gene expression| |positive regulation of multicellular organismal process| |tissue development| |macromolecule biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of molecular function| |regulation of phosphate metabolic process| |regulation of phosphorus metabolic process| |regulation of cell differentiation| |positive regulation of cell communication| |positive regulation of signaling| |regulation of intracellular signal transduction| |regulation of protein modification process| |extracellular region| |positive regulation of gene expression| |gene expression| |positive regulation of biosynthetic process| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 10038 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -4.43 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}