title: Bone morphogenetic proteins.
abstract: BMP2 and BMP4 play crucial inductive roles during development. In this issue of Blood, Shao et al demonstrate that an intricate network of paracrine BMP2/4 signals also regulates angiogenesis-and will very likely interact with endocrine BMP cues during wound repair.
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Dwight A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Towler