cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1TGFB2-TGFBR1+TGFBR2TGFB2_HUMAN - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Transforming growth factor
2TGFB2-TGFBR3TGFB2_HUMAN - TGBR3_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Transforming growth factor

II. Literature review

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Namecardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
IDGO_0060317
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Biological process

Exact synonym

heart epithelial to mesenchymal transition

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.

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