. "Binding to a transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) protein in the extracellular region, and inhibiting TGFbeta signaling by preventing TGFbeta from binding to its cell surface receptor." . . "sequestering of TGFbeta from receptor via TGFbeta binding" . "extracellular sequestering of TGFbeta" . "extracellular sequestering of transforming growth factor-beta" . .