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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Metaplasia is induced from
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The correct answer is  Metaplasia is a reversible change in which one adult cell type (epithelial or mesenchymal) is replaced by another adult cell typeMetaplasia is thought to arise by reprogramming of stem cells to differentiate along a new pathway rather than a phenotypic change (transdifferentiation) of already differentiated cells( Robbins Basic Pathology, 9th edition, page 3 )