Gamer Laura W, Nove John, Rosen Vicki
Department of Oral and Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Dev Cell. 2003 Feb;4(2):143-4. doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00027-3.
Members of the TGFbeta superfamily play many roles in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Now recent work focused on growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) suggest that these TGFbeta-like molecules may also control organ size and may, in fact, be the long sought after chalones, or negative growth regulators.