TY - JOUR AU - Hiyama, Akihiko AU - Morita, Kosuke AU - Sakai, Daisuke AU - Watanabe, Masahiko PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/29 TI - CCN family member 2/connective tissue growth factor (CCN2/CTGF) is regulated by Wnt–β-catenin signaling in nucleus pulposus cells JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - 217 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - The aims of this study were to investigate the gene expression of CCN family members in rat intervertebral disc (IVD) cells and to examine whether Wnt–β-catenin signaling regulates the expression of CCN family 2 (CCN2)/connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in rat nucleus pulposus (NP) cells. SN - 1478-6362 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-018-1723-8 DO - 10.1186/s13075-018-1723-8 ID - Hiyama2018 ER -