Columnar epithelia

Columnar epithelia are epithelial cells whose heights are at least twice their width. Columnar epithelia are divided into simple (or unilayered), and stratified (or multi-layered).

* Simple columnar epithelia
* Stratified columnar epithelia
* Pseudostratified columnar epithelia

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Proteins of epithelium

Lateral/cell-cell|

* Cell adhesion molecules: Adherens junction
* Cadherin
* Desmosome
* Desmoglein

* Ion channels: Gap junction/Connexon
* Connexin

* Cytoskeleton: Desmosome
* Desmoplakin
* Plakoglobin
* Tonofibril

* other membrane proteins: Tight junction
* Claudin
* Occludin
* MARVELD2

Basal/cell-matrix|

* Basal lamina
* Hemidesmosome/Tonofibril
* Focal adhesion
* Costamere

Apical|

* Cilia/Kinocilium
* Microvilli/Stereocilia (STRC)

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