. "The CTGF gene is transcribed to yield mRNA and the mRNA is translated to yield protein. Transcription of the CTGF gene is increased by both YAP1:TEAD and WWTR1(TAZ):TEAD transcriptional coactivator:transcription factor complexes, so that CTFG is one of the many genes whose expression is downregulated by the action of the hippo cascade (Zhang et al. 2009; Zhao et al. 2008)."^^ . . . . . .