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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2017 Aug 12;60:44–65. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.08.001

Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Fig. 2

During epithelial-mesenchymal transition, epithelial cells lose their polarity and normal cell-cell and cell-basement membrane adhesions, and transdifferentiate into motile, spindle-shaped mesenchymal cells (myofibroblasts) that secrete extracellular matrix (grey).

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