Abstract
We kindly invite you to consider the Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling (JCCS) as a media for publication of your research and participate in promoting JCCS as an important platform for disseminating new results in the fields of cell signaling.
Keywords: CCN1, CCN2, CCN3, CCN4, CCN5, CCN6, CCN proteins, Matricellular proteins, Signaling
Dear Reader,
On behalf of our Editorial Board, I would like to bring to your attention our new publication, “Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling” (JCCS). As the official organ of the International CCN Society (http://ccnsociety.com), JCCS was launched a little more than a year ago to disseminate research achievements in the emerging fields of CCN proteins and intercellular communication. Our journal targets a wide readership composed of both researchers who already work in the fields of communication and others who wish to get acquainted with modern approaches of molecular and cellular biology.
The matricellular CCN proteins constitute a new family of proteins with features of signaling regulators (for a recent review see Holbourn et al. TIBS Oct 2008). Since these proteins interact with a handful of ligands, receptors and regulators of cell proliferation and differentiation, it became obvious that their functions are closely related to those of several other families of key regulatory proteins. Hence our desire to expand the scope of JCCS and open our readership to all colleagues interested in intracellular and/or extracellular signaling.
JCCS is not just another journal—it aims to foster interactions between researchers and students of various backgrounds, providing the research community with original research, topical reviews written, as well as commentaries and opinions on recent topics.
We kindly invite you to consider JCCS as a media for publication of your research and participate in promoting JCCS as an important platform for disseminating new results in the fields of cell signaling.
Professor Bernard Perbal
Editor in Chief of JCCS
President ICCNS
Acknowledgments
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