Abstract

In this issue of Science Signaling, Jackson et al. present a new antibody strategy to-quite literally-strap transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) to latent complexes in the extracellular matrix. The antibody has no effect on latent TGF-β1 presented on the surface of immune cells and thus allows targeting of the detrimental effects of TGF-β1 in fibrosis without affecting its beneficial immune-suppressing activities.

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