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The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily is a large family of structurally related cell regulatory proteins that was named after its first member TGF-β1 originally described in 1983.Many proteins have since been described as members of the TGF-β superfamily in a variety of species including invertebrates as well as vertebrates and categorized into 23 distinct gene types that fall into four major subfamilies: the decapentaplegic-Vg-related (DVR) related subfamily (including the bone morphogenetic proteins and the growth differentiation factors) the activin/inhibin subfamily the TGF-β subfamily a group encompassing various divergent membersTransforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a multifunctional peptide that controls proliferation differentiation and other functions in many cell types.
