epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in endocardial cushion formation

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Nameepithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in endocardial cushion formation
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Biological process

Description

A transition where a cardiac epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell that will contribute to the formation of the endocardial cushion.

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