CTGF is a member of the CCN family of secreted cysteine rich regulatory proteins and is the major mitogenic and chemoattractant protein produced by umbilical vein and vascular endothelial cells. CTGF stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes, induces angiogenesis, promotes cell adhesion of fibroblasts, endothelial, and epithelial cells, and binds to IGF, TGF β1, and BMP-4. Cell migration and adhesion are signaled through binding to specific cell surface integrins and to heparin sulfate proteoglycans CTGF (98 a.a.), a lower molecular weight isoform containing the C-terminal portion of the full length CTGF protein, exerts full heparin binding, cell adhesion, and mitogenic CTGF activity. Recombinant human CTGF is a 11.0 kDa protein of 97 amino acid residues.
Size
Various Sizes
Concentration
n/a
Applications
Cell Culture
Other Names
Connective tissue growth factor;CCN family member 2;Hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific protein 24;Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 8;IBP-8;IGF-binding protein 8;IGFBP-8;CTGF;CCN2, HCS24, IGFBP8; Connective Tissue Growth Factor, CCN2, Hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific protein 24 (HCS24)