... this, UV-irradiation of the cells (2.4 JÆm)2), althoughinducing a strong activation of JNK1/2 and only a veryweak phosphorylation of p38, had no effects on C TGFexpression, which ruled out ... expressionoccurs via increased transcription and/ or by stabilization of the CTGF transcripts and t he role of RhoA GTPase and p38 signaling in such a regulation, nuclear run -on assays and message ... without effects (data not shown).Higher concentrations were not used to avoid potentialnonspecific and/ or toxic effects. In contrast, anisomycininduced CTGF/CCN2 expression over a wide range of concentrations...