Table 2.
CCN family involvement in human MSC differentiation

aCCN expression promotes (
) or inhibits (
) MSC or committed progenitor differentiation into osteoblast, chondrocyte or adipocyte
bLoss of CCN expression (
) in undifferentiated MSCs upon differentiation to osteoblast, chondrocyte or adipocyte, as described by Schutze et al. (2005)