The Starbuck stops here: it's a Smad world.
A recent study by Gressner and colleagues suggested caffeine may block CCN2 expression in hepatic cells. This commentary briefly summarizes these observations.
Leask
Andrew
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CIHR Group in Skeletal Development and Remodeling, Division of Oral Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dental Sciences Building, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada, Andrew.Leask@schulich.uwo.ca.