CDH1 and carcinoma: However, several studies have shown that E-cadherin junctions can persist in migrating cells, including during epithelial repair, branching morphogenesis, and carcinoma invasion (Revenu and Gilmour, 2009; Shamir and Ewald, 2015; Campbell and Casanova, 2016; Cheung et al., 2013; Balasubramaniam et al., 2021; Campàs et al., 2024; Gupta and Yap, 2021; Labernadie et al., 2017; Padmanaban et al., 2019; Sonam et al., 2023).