title: TGFbeta signaling at the summit.
abstract: Ligands belonging to the transforming growth factor (TGF) beta superfamily have emerged as major regulators of a wide variety of developmental events, ranging from the earliest steps in germ layer patterning of the pre-gastrula embryo to tissue healing, regeneration and homeostasis in the adult. Recently, Caroline Hill and Bob Lechleider organized the third in a bi-annual series of FASEB meetings on TGFbeta signaling and development at Snowmass (CO, USA). This meeting highlighted the ongoing interplay between advances in our understanding of the molecular biology of TGFbeta family signaling and in investigations into its roles in specific developmental events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mwhitman@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: Laurel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raftery
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D051785:Smad Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D051785:Smad Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta