JCCS provides a forum for publications reporting fundamental and translational research in the fields of communication between cells and their surrounding environments, with a particular focus on intracellular and intercellular signaling pathways,and how cell behavior contributesto the installation and maintenance of pathological states.
JCCS welcomes original studies dealing with all aspects of remote Cell Communication and Signaling including:
Biological and biochemical studies of extracellular matrix, matricellular proteins, microvesicles, autocrine/paracrine mediators, and their signaling mechanisms in the context of tissue homeostasis and regeneration.
The identification and characterization of membrane and extracellular receptors and their ligands
Studies incorporating bioinformatics,computational approaches, proteomics, transcriptomics, molecular modeling, combinatorial signaling, and spatial (tissue level) aspects of signaling
Review articles addressing the topics discussed above are also considered.
The first issue of JCCS published by Wiley will be labeled as Issue 1 of Volume 18, in continuation of previous numbering.
The International CCN Society (ICCNS) was created in 2001 after the First International Workshop on the CCN Family of Genes held in St Malo, 17-19 October, 2000.
Six regulatory proteins involved in cell communication and signaling were originally designated by the CCN acronym [for Cystein-rich protein (Cyr61), Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), and Nephroblastoma overexpressed (nov)]. They are involved in fundamental biological processes such as cell adhesion and migration, angiogenesis, development and signaling in normal and pathological conditions.
The official unified nomenclature adopted by the HGNC (Perbal B, Tweedie S, Bruford E. (2019) calls for the use of the acronyms, CCN1-6, and discontinuation in the use of CYR61, CTGF, NOV and WISP 1-3 respectively. [J Cell Commun Signal. (2018) 4:625-629]
It is important that both research teams who are newcomers and leaders in this field meet on a regular basis to discuss future prospects and unify their efforts in order for the CCN field to become highly interactive. The main goal of the International CCN Society is to foster the gathering of scientists interested in cell communication and signaling. Every other year since 2000, the ICCNS has organized the International Workshops on the CCN family of genes, open to PhD students, Post Docs and PIs . These meetings have been acclaimed by all attendees who appreciated this family-type of meeting which provides a unique opportunity for young ones to meet leaders and building collaborations at all levels. It has recently been proposed that other families of regulatory factors participating in cell communication and signaling be considered as CCN proteins at large [Perbal B et al. J. Cell. Commun. Signal. (2023) 17:229-232].
Goals
The main goals of the society are to:
Provide comprehensive information related to the field of the CCN genes and proteins.
Facilitate and organize the CCN workshops and other related meetings.
Facilitate and promote the distribution of reagents among the CCN community.
Promote contacts with others scientific societies.
Provide a forum for discussion and interaction.
Promote the dissemination of scientific information through the publication of the Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling.
Organisation
The International CCN Society is a non-profit association.
The Executive Board of the International CCN Society is in charge of the representation, and administration of the ICCNS. It is the interlocutor for JCCS and International meetings affairs.
The President and Treasurer of the ICCNS are permanent members of the Council and Advisory Scientific Committee.
The Council of the International CCN Society is acting as an advisory committee to help the executive board in taking decisions regarding the scientific organization of the Society. It is in charge of promoting the scientific connections between the ICCNS and other scientific, medical and pharmaceutical societies worldwide, and participate to the widening of the ICCNS expertise.
The Advisory Scientific Committee of the International CCN Society is in charge of proposing and reviewing the operations of the ICCNS from a scientific angle.
Satoshi KUBOTA has been nominated President of the Advisory Scientific Committee, starting October, 15th, 2023. He is assisted by Milos MARINKOVIC, Vice President.
After consultations with members of the ICCNS, and in order to initiate contacts and stimulate interactions between the ICCNS and other scientific societies, the President of the Executive Board have commissioned the following colleagues who kindly accepted to act as active members of the Advisory Scientific Committee:
Celina KLEER, Zhiyong LIN, Kunimasa OHTA, Lester LAU
Professor Paul Bornstein (2008-2013), Professor Edward Calabrese, Professor Robert Baxter, Professor Carlo Croce, Professor Judith Campisi (1948 – 2024) , Professor Meenhard Herlyn, Professor Cynthia Kenyon, Professor Lester Lau, Professor Katia Scotlandi
The brainstorming meeting held in Saint-Malo in 2022 (see below) encouraged us to broaden our vision and establish an official foundation for this organization
An enlarged version of the ARBIOCOM Steering Committee met on the occasion of the 12th International Workshop on the CCN Family of Genes, which took place in Oslo from June 20-23 (see Bernard Perbal and Ralf Weiskirchen Association for Research on Biosignaling and Communication (ARBIOCOM) First World Conference on Cellular Communication and Signaling. First published 13 August 2024, Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling Wiley.
Since then, the Steering Committe has been restructured and is presently composed of Håvard Attramadal (Oslo, Norway), Raymond B. Birge (New Jersey, USA), Brahim Chaqour (Pennsylvania, USA), Gary Fisher (University of Michigan, USA), Milos Marinkovic (San Antonia, USA), Csaba Matta (Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Debrecen Hungary), Ralf Weiskirchen (Aachen, Germany), Bernard Perbal (Nice, France) and Annick Perbal (Nice, France).
This committee will make proposals for the organization of the ARBIOCOM, and specifics regarding the participation of all societies in social and scientific events that might be of common interest.
This meeting was aimed to discuss proposals of the ICCNS to organize joint meetings and foster interactions with other scientific and medical societies sharing our interest in all aspects of cellular communication.
The major goal of the non-profit ARBIOCOM (Association for Research on Biosignaling and Communication) is to foster the reunion of scientific societies members interested in cellular signaling at all levels, including: cellular signal transduction, intercellular communication, communication with the microenvironment, but also remote communication involving soluble circulating factors, hormones, extracellular vesicles, and communication between cells and organs in response to bacterial and viral infection. The brainstorming meeting members examined the possibility of sharing our views and take this unique opportunity to join our efforts and develop new comprehensive approaches, in a friendliness environment.
Thanks to the very productive intellectual blending and positive personal interactions that occurred during this meeting, it was agreed that the ARBIOCOM would provide the ground for a federation of societies and their journals into a “network”, where each society remains independent entities, in order to promote collaborative research in cell signaling and communication, in healthy and pathological processes and disseminate new research findings via publication and via formal and informal meetings.
A provisional steering Committee was set
Chair : Bernard Perbal, Carlo Croce, Ali Mobasheri Representatives from: the Bristish Society of Matrix Biology, and the International Society of Matrix Biology Editors in chief of JCCS and CCS
