See Also: transforming growth factor beta(medicine)
receptors, transforming growth factor beta(medicine)
Transforming growth factor(medicine)
Transforming growth factor alpha(medicine)
pro-transforming growth factor-alpha processing protease(medicine)
transforming growth factors(medicine)
transforming factor(medicine)
Growth factor(health)
Growth factor(medicine)
keratinocyte growth factor(medicine)

transforming growth factor beta (medicine)


transforming growth factor beta
Factor synthesised in a wide variety of tissues including platelets, placenta, and both normal and transformed cell lines. It acts synergistically with tgf-alpha in inducing phenotypic transformation and can also act as a negative autocrine growth factor. Tgf-beta also has a potential role in embryonal development, cellular differentiation, hormone secretion, and immune function. There are at least three forms of tgf-beta: tgf-beta1, tgf-beta2, and tgf-beta1.2. The latter is a heterodimer made up of both tgf-beta1 and tgf-beta2.