Long-term preservation of planar cell polarity in reversed tracheal epithelium

Respiratory Research

Table 1 Mucociliary transport direction (n = 3)

	Percentage of microspheres		Mean direction
	Within ±45° of pharyngeal direction	Within ±45° of lung direction
Control, 2 months	63.3% ± 14.9%*	10.5% ± 6.3%⁺	3.0°^#
Inversion, 2 months	8.6% ± 5.2%⁺	65.5% ± 24.6%*	177.2°^#
Inversion, 4 months	16.1% ± 7.7%⁺	43.4% ± 11.8%*	175.5°^#
Inversion, 6 months	14.4% ± 10.7%⁺	55.3% ± 21.5%*	181.5°^#

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