Review
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 9, 887-901 (November 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrm2523
Focus on: Cell polarity
From cells to organs: building polarized tissue
David M. Bryant1 & Keith E. Mostov1,2 About the authors
Abstract
How do animal cells assemble into tissues and organs? A diverse array of tissue structures and shapes can be formed by organizing groups of cells into different polarized arrangements and by coordinating their polarity in space and time. Conserved design principles underlying this diversity are emerging from studies of model organisms and tissues. We discuss how conserved polarity complexes, signalling networks, transcription factors, membrane-trafficking pathways, mechanisms for forming lumens in tubes and other hollow structures, and transitions between different types of polarity, such as between epithelial and mesenchymal cells, are used in similar and iterative manners to build all tissues.
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Author affiliations
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Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, California 94143-2140, USA.
Email: david.bryant@ucsf.edu -
Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, California 94143-2140, USA.
Email: keith.mostov@ucsf.edu
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