title: Introduction to the mini-review series "Extracellular determinants of cell signaling".
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, United States. Electronic address: francesco.ramirez@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramirez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology; D000071837:Fibrillins; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000071837:Fibrillins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
keywords: BMP and TGFβ signaling; Connective tissue diseases; Extracellular matrix; Fibrillin microfibrils