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Cell adhesion to the apical pole of epithelium: a function of cell polarity.
European journal of cell biology - 1 Feb 1995
Thie M, Harrach-Ruprecht B, Sauer H, Fuchs P, Albers A, Denker H W
Abstract excerpt
Human uterine epithelium displays a distinct polarized organization with apical, lateral, and basal plasma membrane domains. Although non-adhesive throughout most of the menstrual cycle, epithelial cells allow attachment of trophoblast cells to their apical pole during embryo implantation. A recent hypothesis postulates that epithelial cells turn off genes for apical-basal polarity and turn on genes for a more...
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