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Polarizing intestinal epithelial cells electrically through Ror2.
Journal of cell science - 1 Aug 2014
Cao Lin, McCaig Colin D, Scott Roderick H, Zhao Siwei, Milne Gillian, Clevers Hans, Zhao Min, Pu Jin
Abstract excerpt
The apicobasal polarity of enterocytes determines where the brush border membrane (apical membrane) will form, but how this apical membrane faces the lumen is not well understood. The electrical signal across the epithelium could serve as a coordinating cue, orienting and polarizing enterocytes. Here, we show that applying a physiological electric field to intestinal epithelial cells, to mimic the natural...
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