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Nature Genetics  36, 790 - 792 (2004)
doi:10.1038/ng0804-790


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TGFbold beta signaling in health and disease

Rosemary J Akhurst

Rosemary J. Akhurst is at the Mt. Zion Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA. rakhurst@cc.ucsf.edu

Inactivating mutations in TGFBR2, encoding the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) type 2 receptor, may account for up to 10% of cases of Marfan syndrome. This finding has implications for a wider spectrum of disorders, including cancer, fibrosis and inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases, which are influenced by TGFbeta.

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