Synergetic roles of TGF‐&bgr; signaling in tissue engineering
&NA; Recent advances in tissue engineering highlight biomaterial designs with context‐specific growth factors, cytokines and various small molecules to better mimic the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironments. These efforts have led to direct improvements in cell‐cell and cell‐ECM interactions while mitigating undesirable cellular and immunogenic responses. In this short review, we focus on the crucial roles and regulation of transforming growth factor &bgr; (TGF‐&bgr;) signaling in biomaterial applications during tissue repair and regeneration.