Yun Chohee, Mendelson Jonathan, Blake Tiffany, Mishra Lopa, Mishra Bibhuti
Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Surgery, Medicine & Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
Dis Markers. 2008;24(4-5):251-5. doi: 10.1155/2008/747343.
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling has diverse and complex roles in various biological phenomena such as cell growth, differentiation, embryogenesis and morphogenesis. ES cells provide an essential model for understanding the role of TGF-beta signaling in lineage specification and differentiation. Recent studies have suggested significant role of TGF-beta in stem/progenitor cell biology. Here in this review, we focus on the role of the TGF-beta superfamily in neuronal development.
转化生长因子β(TGF-β)信号通路在细胞生长、分化、胚胎发生和形态发生等各种生物学现象中具有多样而复杂的作用。胚胎干细胞为理解TGF-β信号通路在细胞谱系特化和分化中的作用提供了重要模型。最近的研究表明TGF-β在干/祖细胞生物学中具有重要作用。在本综述中,我们聚焦于TGF-β超家族在神经元发育中的作用。