It inhibited the overexpression of TGF‐β1 and CTGF in STZ‐induced diabetic rats and exerted its renoprotective effect via inhibition of renal fibrosis and the mTORC1/P70s6k signaling‐mediated renal tubular EMT (Adnan et al. 2021; Lei et al. 2019). Here, CCN2 is linked to renal fibrosis.