Ccn2 - cellular communication network factor 2

Enables fibronectin binding activity and growth factor activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of G0 to G1 transition; positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process; and positive regulation of macromolecule metabolic process. Located in several cellular components, including cell cortex; cis-Golgi network; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Used to study endomyocardial fibrosis. Biomarker of several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); lung disease (multiple); membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; primary biliary cholangitis; and restrictive cardiomyopathy (multiple). Orthologous to human CCN2 (cellular communication network factor 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]