| Literature DB >> 28108485 |
Alan C Mullen1,2, Jeffrey L Wrana3.
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Soon after the discovery of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), seminal work in vertebrate and invertebrate models revealed the TGF-β family to be central regulators of tissue morphogenesis. Members of the TGF-β family direct some of the earliest cell-fate decisions in animal development, coordinate complex organogenesis, and contribute to tissue homeostasis in the adult. Here, we focus on the role of the TGF-β family in mammalian stem-cell biology and discuss its wide and varied activities both in the regulation of pluripotency and in cell-fate commitment.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28108485 PMCID: PMC5495062 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a022186
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol ISSN: 1943-0264 Impact factor: 10.005