The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Transforming Growth Factor, beta 2 across different species:

transforming growth factor, beta 2 (TGFB2), transforming growth factor, beta 2 (tgfb2), transforming growth factor, beta 2 (tgfb2-A)

Other aliases include:

MGC116892, TGF-beta2, tgfb2-A, tgfb2, TGFB2, MGF

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Transforming Growth Factor, beta 2:

transforming growth factor, beta 2 – tgf beta 2 – TGF-beta 2 – prepro-polypeptide – Transforming growth factor beta-2 – transforming growth factor beta 2 – milk growth factor – transforming growth factor-beta 2 – transforming growth factor beta-2-like

Transforming Growth Factor, beta 2 fulfills a number of functions:

beta-amyloid binding – cytokine activity – growth factor activity – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – receptor signaling protein serine/threonine kinase activity – type II transforming growth factor beta receptor binding – transforming growth factor beta receptor binding

Transforming Growth Factor, beta 2 is relevant to the following processes:

SMAD protein nuclear translocation – activation of protein kinase activity – activation-induced cell death of T cells – angiogenesis – axon guidance – blood vessel development – blood vessel remodeling – cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition – cardiac muscle cell proliferation – cartilage condensation – cell cycle arrest – cell death – cell morphogenesis – cell-cell junction organization – cell-cell signaling – collagen fibril organization – dopamine biosynthetic process – embryonic development – eye development – generation of neurons – glial cell migration – hair follicle morphogenesis – hemopoiesis – induction of apoptosis – menstrual cycle phase – negative regulation of alkaline phosphatase activity – negative regulation of cell growth – negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation – negative regulation of immune response – neuron development – neuron fate commitment – neutrophil chemotaxis – odontogenesis – pathway-restricted SMAD protein phosphorylation – positive regulation of cardioblast differentiation – positive regulation of catagen – positive regulation of cell adhesion mediated by integrin – positive regulation of cell cycle – positive regulation of cell division – positive regulation of cell growth – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of epithelial cell migration – positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition – positive regulation of heart contraction – positive regulation of immune response – positive regulation of integrin biosynthetic process – positive regulation of neuron apoptosis – positive regulation of ossification – positive regulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase cascade – positive regulation of protein secretion – positive regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade – regulation of transforming growth factor-beta2 production – response to hypoxia – response to progesterone stimulus – salivary gland morphogenesis – skeletal system development – somatic stem cell division – transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway – wound healing – cell growth – growth – hair follicle development – regulation of apoptosis

Locations for Transforming Growth Factor, beta 2:

axon – cell soma – extracellular matrix – extracellular region – extracellular space – platelet alpha granule lumen

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology