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Cell Physiological Phenomena > Cell Transdifferentiation > Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Preferred term

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Phenotypic changes of EPITHELIAL CELLS to MESENCHYME type, which increase cell mobility critical in many developmental processes such as NEURAL TUBE development. NEOPLASM METASTASIS and DISEASE PROGRESSION may also induce this transition.

Entry terms

  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transformation

In other languages

  • French

  • TEM (Transition Épithélio-Mésenchymateuse)
  • Transformation épithélio-mésenchymateuse
  • Transformation épithéliomésenchymateuse
  • Transition épithéliomésenchymateuse

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MTZFXJ02-B

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