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

Respiratory Research

Table 2 Ciliary beat direction (n = 3)

	Percentage of ciliated cells		Mean direction
	Within ±45° of pharyngeal direction	Within ±45° of lung direction
Control, 2 months	95.9% ± 2.9%*	0%⁺	3.1°^#
Inversion, 2 months	0.7% ± 1.2%⁺	97.3% ± 2.1%*	177.5°^#
Inversion, 4 months	0%⁺	95.3% ± 2.1%*	178.6°^#
Inversion, 6 months	0.8% ± 0.8%⁺	95.3% ± 2.5%*	173.6°^#

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