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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: MacFarlane EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5666637 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 20171101 11
The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family of signaling molecules, which includes TGF-βs, activins, inhibins, and numerous bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and growth and differentiation factors (GDFs), has important functions in all cells and tissues, including soft connective tissues and the skeleton. Specific TGF-β family members play different roles in these tissues, and their activities are often balanced with those of other TGF-β family members and by interactions with other signali ...[more]