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What is transdifferentiation?
What is transdifferentiation?
The switching of tissue lineage and acquisition of a new set of differentiated characteristics.
What does the term transdifferentiation imply about cell commitments during embryogenesis?
What does the term transdifferentiation imply about cell commitments during embryogenesis?
It implies that the commitments cells have made to enter into a specific tissue and cell lineage are not irreversible.
What is the term used to describe the dramatic shift in cell phenotype from epithelial to mesenchymal?
What is the term used to describe the dramatic shift in cell phenotype from epithelial to mesenchymal?
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, or EMT.
Give an example of how the epithelial-mesenchymal transition can impact cancer cells.
Give an example of how the epithelial-mesenchymal transition can impact cancer cells.
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What may often accompany and enable the invasion of carcinoma cells into adjacent normal tissues?
What may often accompany and enable the invasion of carcinoma cells into adjacent normal tissues?
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