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. 2013 Dec 12;306(4):G278–G288. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00286.2013

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8.

Functional model of disease. Mutation of EpCAM and subsequent reduction of EpCAM and claudin-7 causes features of CTE, including tufting, intercellular gaps, increased desmosomes, and villous atrophy. This leads to functional consequences of increased proliferation, migration, and permeability with diarrhea in patients.