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04 November 2026
Functional Migration
Our gut lining (of epithelial cells) is constantly renewing thanks to cells migrating from the depths of its folds – the crypts between the finger-like villi– in 'ribbons' to the villi tip, and this process of keeping functional tissue in the right place starts as the embryo develops. This study discovers that a mechanism called planar cell polarity controls migration direction which maintains epithelial cells' specific locational function
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