This volume details up-to-date information and attempts to take the reader into the exciting realm of TGF-beta from the basic principles to the practical applications. Chapters provide basic introduction of TGF-beta signaling from the cell surface to the nucleus, methods and techniques for the investigation of TGF-beta signaling mechanism including receptors, Smads, intracellular kinases, microRNA, epigenetic regulation, post-translational regulations, non-Smad pathway; the physiological im ...