Immunoregulation by members of the TGF β superfamily

Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 723 (2016). doi:10.1038/nri.2016.112 Authors: WanJun Chen & Peter ten Dijke The transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) superfamily is encoded by 33 genes and includes TGFβ, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and activins. Although TGFβ is well recognized as a crucial regulator of immune responses, the immunoregulatory functions of other TGFβ family members are less clear. However, recent
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