title: Controlling of bone morphogenetic protein signaling.
abstract: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multifunctional growth factors and play crucial roles during embryonic development, skeletal development, and cell fate determination. Their signals are transduced from cell membrane to the nucleus through intracellular signaling mediators. At present, different signaling pathways have been identified, and elaborate of network of regulators involved in the signaling control. The aim of the present review is to describe the recent understanding of BMPs signaling with emphasis on the regulation of its signal transduction at extracellular level, intracellular level, Smad-interacting factors in the nucleus, and Smad-independent signaling pathways, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, China.
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051785:Smad Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D051785:Smad Proteins