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The epithelium to mesenchyme continuum. There is a continuum between epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells. Across the continuum, the transition starts from well-differentiated RPE cells that exhibit barrier integrity and cellular polarity to intermediate stages, where RPE cells become dedifferentiated and lose functions, to mesenchymal-like cells that exhibit an increased proliferative rate and migrate into the neuroretina.
