Term Name: cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Synonyms: heart epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Definition: A transition where a cardiac epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060317]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: heart morphogenesis
is a type of: epithelial to mesenchymal transition
has subtype: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in cardiac fibroblast development epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in coronary vasculature morphogenesis epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in endocardial cushion formation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
regulated by: regulation of cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition