positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
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Any process that increases the rate, frequency, or extent of epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is where an epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell. [ GOC:tb GOC:BHF GOC:dph ]
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- positive regulation of multicellular organismal process
- regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
- biological regulation
- positive regulation of cell differentiation
- positively regulates some epithelial to mesenchymal transition
- positively regulates some multicellular organismal process