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JOURNAL OF CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 35-45Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12079-022-00682-2
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CCN; Tumor microenvironment; Neoplastic tissue; Extracellular matrix; Matricellular protein
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The Cellular communication network (CCN) family of growth regulatory factors are a group of secreted proteins that promote signal transduction through cell-cell or cell-matrix interaction. Each protein has specific functions in healthy and cancer biology, regulating cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, invasiveness, apoptosis, and survival. Understanding the microenvironment of each protein can lead to a better understanding of interactions and signaling cascades.
The Cellular communication network (CCN) family of growth regulatory factors comprises six secreted matricellular proteins that promote signal transduction through cell-cell or cell-matrix interaction. The diversity of functionality between each protein is specific to the many aspects of healthy and cancer biology. For example, CCN family proteins modulate cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, invasiveness, apoptosis, and survival. In addition, the expression of each protein regulates many biological and pathobiological processes within its microenvironment to regulate angiogenesis, inflammatory response, chondrogenesis, fibrosis, and mitochondrial integrity. The collective range of CCN operation remains fully comprehended; however, understanding each protein's microenvironment may draw more conclusions about the abundance of interactions and signaling cascades occurring within such issues. This review observes and distinguishes the various roles a CCN protein may execute within distinct tumor microenvironments and the biological associations among them. Finally. We also review how CCN-family proteins can be used in nano-based therapeutic implications.
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