Connective-Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) Induces Astrogenesis and Fibronectin Expression of Embryonic Neural Cells In Vitro

Fabio A. Mendes; Juliana M. Coelho Aguiar; Suzana A. Kahn; Alice H. Reis; Luiz Gustavo Dubois; Luciana Ferreira Romão; Lais S. S. Ferreira; Hervé Chneiweiss; Vivaldo Moura Neto; José G. Abreu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133689

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Connective-Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) Induces Astrogenesis and Fibronectin Expression of Embryonic Neural Cells In Vitro

Fabio A. Mendes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio A. Mendes, Juliana M. Coelho Aguiar

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Juliana M. Coelho Aguiar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio A. Mendes, Juliana M. Coelho Aguiar

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Suzana A. Kahn,

Affiliations Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Inserm, UMR894, Team Glial Plasticity, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Alice H. Reis,

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Luiz Gustavo Dubois,

Affiliation Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer (IEC), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Luciana Ferreira Romão,

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, pólo Xerém, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Lais S. S. Ferreira,

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Hervé Chneiweiss,

Affiliation Inserm, UMR894, Team Glial Plasticity, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Vivaldo Moura Neto,

Affiliation Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer (IEC), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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José G. Abreu

* E-mail: garciajr@icb.ufrj.br

Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Programa de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Connective-Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) Induces Astrogenesis and Fibronectin Expression of Embryonic Neural Cells In Vitro

Fabio A. Mendes,
Juliana M. Coelho Aguiar,
Suzana A. Kahn,
Alice H. Reis,
Luiz Gustavo Dubois,
Luciana Ferreira Romão,
Lais S. S. Ferreira,
Hervé Chneiweiss,
Vivaldo Moura Neto,
José G. Abreu

Published: August 4, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133689

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