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Cells employ signaling pathways to make decisions in response to changes in their immediate environment. The Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays pivotal roles in regulating many cellular processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and migrations. In order to manipulate and explore the dynamic behavior of TGF-β signaling at high spatiotemporal resolution, we developed an optogenetic system (the optoTGFBRs system), in which light is used to control TGF-β signaling precisely in time and space. Here, we describe about experimental details of how to build the optoTGFBRs system and utilize it to manipulate TGF-β signaling in a single cell or a cell population using microscope or LED array, respectively.
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Li, Y., Zi, Z. (2022). Optogenetic Control of TGF-β Signaling. In: Zi, Z., Liu, X. (eds) TGF-Beta Signaling. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2488. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2277-3_9
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