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The cell biology of planar cell polarity

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Devenport, Danelle·2014·Journal of Cell Biology

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Planar cell polarity (PCP) refers to the coordinated alignment of cell polarity across the tissue plane. Key to the establishment of PCP is asymmetric partitioning of cortical PCP components and intercellular communication to coordinate polarity between neighboring cells. Recent progress has been made toward understanding how protein transport, endocytosis, and intercellular interactions contribute to asymmetric PCP protein localization. Additionally, the functions of gradients and mechanical forces as global cues that bias PCP orientation are beginning to be elucidated. Together, these findings are shedding light on how global cues integrate with local cell interactions to organize cellular polarity at the tissue level.

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  • Although apical-basal polarity is well known, many epithelial cells are also polarized along the perpendicular axis, parallel to the epithelial sheet, a property referred to as PCP.

    “Although apical–basal polarity is well known, many epithelial cells are also polarized along the perpendicular axis, parallel to the epithelial sheet. This tissue property is referred to as PCP (Devenport, 2014; Adler and Wallingford, 2017).”
  • PCP polarizes many animal tissues along a body or organ axis.

    “First discovered in flies, PCP polarizes many animal tissues along a body or organ axis.”

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Authors
Devenport, D.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Devenport, Danelle
Venue
Journal of Cell Biology
Published
2014-10-27
Volume
207
Issue
2
Pages
171-179
ISSN
  • 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-8140
OpenAlex
W1925247458
Cited by
323
References
94
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 16
FWCI
3.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • The Journal of Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Keywords
planar cell polarity, intercellular communication, protein trafficking, endocytosis, mechanical forces
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Communication, Cues, Drosophila, Models, Biological, Signal Transduction, Cell Polarity, Body Patterning

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