A transition where a mesenchymal cell establishes apical/basolateral polarity, forms intercellular adhesive junctions, synthesizes basement membrane components and becomes an epithelial cell. [ GOC:dph GOC:ascb_2009 GOC:tb ]
Synonyms: mesenchymal-epithelial transition epithelial cell differentiation from mesenchymal cell
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- cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some epithelial cell and has primary input some mesenchymal cell