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TGF-β superfamily, molecular signaling and biomimetic features for bone regeneration: historical perspectives and future applications

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    1. Private practice in Gravedona ed Uniti, Piazza Trento 4, Gravedona ed Uniti, Italy

      Alessandro Mangano

    2. 1 st Department of General Surgery Ospedale di Circolo E Fondazione Macchi Varese, Department of Human Morphology and Surgical Sciences Endocrine Surgery Research Center, Insubria University Varese-Como, Como, Italy

      Alberto Mangano & Gianlorenzo Dionigi

    3. Department of General Surgery Ioannina University Hospital, Centre for Biosystems and Genomic Network Medicine Ioannina University, Ioannina, Greece

      Georgios D. Lianos

    4. Private practice in Palermo, Via del Bersagliere 75, Palermo, Italy

      Monica Picone

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    Alessandro Mangano and Alberto Mangano equally contributed to the manuscript preparation.

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    Mangano, A., Mangano, A., Lianos, G.D. et al. TGF-β superfamily, molecular signaling and biomimetic features for bone regeneration: historical perspectives and future applications. Updates Surg 67, 321–323 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-015-0297-0

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