Not Signed In - What Makes Epithelial Cells Change Their Identity?
Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:00 PM EST
... During development and during pathological processes in the adult, cells are constantly changing their function. One, well-characterized, cellular transition that occurs during development, as well as during wound healing, tissue fibrosis, and tumor metastasis, is the transition from an epithelial cell to a mesenchymal cell (often a fibroblast). [click link for full article] ...
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