These cilia are linked to signaling pathways that regulate their motility, allowing epithelial tissues in airways to sense toxins or noxious compounds and help protect the lungs. Motile cilia on ...

After mucus ascends the trachea, it is propelled through the vocal cords by ciliary epithelium in the posterior commissure of the larynx. It then enters the pharynx and is swallowed, with ...

The epithelium is a type of tissue that covers many different surfaces on the inside and the outside of your body. Epithelial cells are packed tightly together and serve as a barrier between the ...

The multiciliated cells in nasal epithelium carry structures called microvilli, spikes that protrude from cells and move particles. One multiciliated cell can also have hundreds of motile cilia, and ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium. In this group Chang was impressed by the more conspicuous basal-cell ...

Schematic representation of the MucilAir™ pseudostrati ed respiratory epithelium grown on the surface of a porous membrane with culture medium on the basal side and air on the apical side.

Surface cleaning with ultrasound-activated ciliary bands (UACBs)—removal of particles and encrustation. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.

We don’t know much about the regulation of endocytosis and cell-to-cell transport in the muco-ciliary epithelium of the upper respiratory tract. Viruses, on the other hand, know all about it. We use ...

Researchers develop robotic sensory cilia that monitor internal biomarkers to detect and assess airway diseases Date: November 7, 2024 Source: Vanderbilt University Summary: Mechanical engineers ...